Easy and Delicious Homemade Macaron Ice Cream Recipe (2024)

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What happened to Maven's creamery after Shark Tank? ›

Though Christine Ngyuen left the business, with sister Gwen remaining as CEO, Mavens Creamery stayed true to its ambitions to focus on more Asian-inspired flavors. And one new product, in particular, would prove to be a huge success: pints of ice cream made with durian, the pungent, custardy Southeast Asian fruit.

The key to a good macaron is a good meringue, with smooth, shiny, stiff peaks. You can tell it's done when you can flip the bowl upside down and nothing comes out. The peak will be stiff yet still droop slightly. Start with aged or fresh egg whites and whip them on medium for a few minutes until bubbles form.

To make a different ice cream flavor, fold 2 to 2 1/2 cups of finely diced mix-ins into the ice cream immediately after churning. Adding fresh strawberries makes a wonderful strawberry ice cream, but another fresh fruit, mini chocolate chips, or cookie or brownie crumbles would be great too.

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Undermixed and thick batter can produce lumpy or hollow macarons. Overmixed and thin batter can produce cracked macarons or macarons without feet. Balanced macaron batter after achieving that perfect macaronage is best understood through visuals.

Once you've filled the macarons, the moisture from the filling seeps into the shells. This is what gives macarons that deliciously chewy texture.

Cracked shells were the first issue I ran into when I started baking macarons. A few different things can cause cracked shells, including too short of a rest, trapped air bubbles, too hot of an oven, or under-mixed batter.

Ingredients. Almond flour. A must in this (and any) French macaron recipe (and a key ingredient in my Linzer cookies), I recommend a “super fine”, blanched almond flour. As the name suggests, it's very fine and yields smooth, bump-free macaron tops.

Using dairy with a low fat content.

It's what gives ice cream its rich flavor and smooth, creamy texture. Substitutes like low-fat or skim milk don't freeze as well, seriously lack in flavor, and leave ice cream with an icy texture. → Follow this tip: When you're making ice cream, it's time to embrace fat content.

What are the best add ins for homemade ice cream? ›

Almonds, walnuts, pecans, macadamia nuts, and cashews all make great additions to ice cream. Think about how they are used in traditional flavors like Rocky Road. You can combine them with fresh fruit or chocolate chips for a different flavor.

Mavens Creamery is an ice cream company founded by Gwen and Christine Nguyen in 2014.

Gwen Nguyen - Chief Executive Officer - Mavens Creamery | LinkedIn.

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Mavens Creamery is in Bay Area, California. There's no denying that durian is a highly-polarizing fruit due to its pungent smell and unique taste.