- Makes 1 quart of ice cream, sorbet, frozen yogurt, frozen drinks
- No salt or ice needed; freezer bowl and paddle do the work
- Aluminum freezer bowl cleans easily
- 9-1/2 inches high, 8 inches in diameter
- Recipes included
Product Description
Here’s a happy compromise between the low tech method of hand cranking and the high tech electric ice cream maker. This insulated container makes up to one quart of frozen confection without ice or salt, using the cooling capabilities of your freezer. Now you, or your children, can invent and enjoy that exotic flavor you’ve been dreaming about, and you don’t even have to leave the house!Amazon.com Review
No salt or ice are needed to create 1 quart of ice cream, frozen yogurt, sorbet, or frozen drinks at home with this ice-cream maker. Just turning the crank occasionally for 15 or 20 minutes is all it takes. The unit’s freezer bowl goes into a refrigerator’s freezer for about 7 hours to freeze the liquid between its walls. The bowl then goes into the outer case, the paddle goes into the bowl, ingredients go into the bowl, the transparent top is locked in place, and the crank is turned. The aluminum bowl cleans easily, the outer case and top … More >>
Donvier 1-Quart Ice Cream Maker
I have one. It only makes 1/2 pint at a time. It can only make 1/2 pint without being refrozen for another 5 hours. The ice cream that you get from it is mushy and 1/2 melted. It takes a long time of having to sit there and wait to stir it.
I owned one of these a couple years ago and decided to sell it at a garage sale. Like others have said, you can keep the bowl in the freezer and make ice cream whenever you want to. However, I found that I rarely wanted to stand there and turn the crank by hand for that many minutes. There are several much better options. Cuisinart came out with an electric powered unit. And KitchenAid makes an attachment for their stand mixes. I own the Cuisinart double bowl model. We absolutely love it and no more sore arms!
I don’t have enough hands to use the manual ice cream maker. When I need to add an ingredient — think chocolate chips — I’m just not fast enough to get the lid off, add the ingredient, get the lid back on and start cranking again before everything freezes too hard to crank. I don’t like noisy electric items. I have an manual coffee grinder and a manual grain mill. They both work fine (and give me a work out). The manual crank ice cream maker is frustrating. I wish I had gotten the electric ice cream maker. It probably wouldn’t be collecting dust.
The Donvier 1 qt ice cream came defective as shipped. I couldn’t find any evidence of damage during shipping but the paddle that stirs the ice cream mixture didn’t fit the container when the lid was screwed tight. It would bind and then the handle couldn’t be turned. It is such a hassle to return items like this I spent 30 minutes modifing the spatula with O.K. results. Other than that it gives good results. The recipe book it comes with is very skimpy but then that’s why we have imaginations.
this is great no ice or salt no mess and works fast. We love this thing