And no, I’m not talking about the Homemade brand of ice cream, I’m talking about actually HOMEMADE ice cream, in 20 minutes.

I know, sounds too good to be true right?  Well, its not and its surprisingly simple.  I’ve read over the years about making ice cream with liquid nitrogen.  I always thought it would be pretty hard to get some liquid nitrogen, so I never put much thought into it… Until recently, when I was getting some CO2 for my kegerator and realized that they sold liquid nitrogen, so I instantly picked some up and took it home (no clue at this point what I was going to do with it, other than I needed make some ice cream, with a side of a possible serious injury.  Obviously I was stoked!).  So I looked up how to make some ice cream, and started making some ice cream.

I used the following ingredients:

10 liters of Liquid Nitrogen (this is enough to make about 3 batches)
4 Cups Whipping Cream (Heavy Cream)
1 1/2 Cups half and half
1 3/4 cups sugar
A few cups of Strawberries sliced (about half smashed)

I mixed all the ingredients together in a large punch bowl (important), and after they were well mixed, I started pouring in the liquid nitrogen pretty liberally until I couldn’t see the bowl anymore (because of the smoke the liquid nitrogen puts off).  Then i took a wooden spoon and stirred until all the liquid nitrogen burned off.  Keep doing this until the ice cream is hard.  After all liquid nitrogen has boiled off, serve the ice cream. Completely safe to eat… I think.

The punch bowl is very important, the more surface area that you have, the better the liquid nitrogen can do its job.  When I first did this, I used a small mixing bowl, and had to use significantly more liquid nitrogen than was required.

Obviously, you are messing with liquid nitrogen, so be aware of the danger that is involved, and don’t do anything stupid.  You should wear gloves and safety glasses while handling/pouring the liquid nitrogen.

Enjoy!