"One day, one litre - hooked!" star star star star star I read all the reviews of the ice-cream makers at Lakeland (and elsewhere) and was tempted by the cheaper ones but then thought I’d always be muttering at myself if I got one of those! As I said in the title - ‘One day, etc.’ I cheated in a way - I used custard but my wife, who likes Nocciola best - and I want to try that - thinks it’s great. If I have one criticism, it’s that Sage don’t include a wafer and/or cone/bowl making attachment! That also answers a query in another review, what to do with the egg whites (if you don’t use custard). Some recipes for waffle mixes use them.
"Practice Makes Perfect" star star star star star I was rather surprised to find that there no recipe leaflet was included with such an expensive purchase, but, after a couple of months of internet searching and 'experimenting', I am rather glad that it was omitted. Indeed, if you persevere, there is an online version from Sage with metric measurements, rather than cups and ounces. But, I have to confess that that I am no purist - five egg yolks to make my own custard base?? What do I do with all the egg whites -- please don't say meringues! The cheat's method - use fresh cream vanilla custard from the supermarket instead.
"Makes great ice cream." star star star star star Very pleased with this product, it makes really lovely ice cream and very easy to use,I can recommend it, a good book to help with recipes is Ben and Jerry’s ice cream dessert book. And as usual excellent service from Lakeland.
"Great ice cream and sorbet but .." star star star star_border star_border Good side is the end product is wonderful. Our whole household is hooked on strawberry sorbet and vanilla ice cream. Which as we come into warmer weather is just as well as it gets left “out” as the negative side is the size and weight of the machine. Takes quite a bit of physical effort to store and retrieve. Other grip is the instructions are on line and there are just two recipes. I found BBC food good value for ideas but having spent a lot on this product would have expected more resources. I would have rated 5 star, impracticality brought the score down.
"Very good product" star star star star star This machine is expensive but very simple to use and produces ice cream without ice particles inside. It has a powerful motor to churn the ice cream and clear display to show the progress with audible indicators. I would recommend this.