Ice cream

Vanilla ice cream served with whipped cream, chocolate sauce and a wafer
Type	Frozen dessert
Main ingredients	Milk, cream, sweetener, flavoring
Variations	Gelato, frozen custard
Cookbook: Ice cream   Media: Ice cream

Ice cream is a frozen dessert typically made from milk or cream that has been flavoured with a sweetener, either sugar or an alternative, and a spice, such as cocoa or vanilla, or with fruit, such as strawberries or peaches. Food colouring is sometimes added in addition to stabilizers. The mixture is cooled below the freezing point of water and stirred to incorporate air spaces and prevent detectable ice crystals from forming. It can also be made by whisking a flavoured cream base and liquid nitrogen together. The result is a smooth, semi-solid foam that is solid at very low temperatures (below 2 °C or 35 °F). It becomes more malleable as its temperature increases.