Espressione-Ariete (a company of De'Longhi Group) Gran Gelato Metal Ice Cream Maker

We love this ice cream maker! My teenage son is constantly creating new ice cream flavors and we haven’t bought any ice cream in the store since we got this a year ago. Usually he uses one cup milk, two cups cream and 1/2 to one cup of sugar and adds different kinds of extract (vanilla, almond, coconut...). After the ice cream maker is done churning he mixes the ice cream with other ingredients like chocolate chips, fruit chunks (fresh or frozen), nuts or a combination and then fills the mix in containers from Ikea (0.9 l/30 oz) and puts it in the freezer. So far he made ice creams like cookies ‘n’ cream, mint, raspberry, malaga, Tiramisu, coconut, banana.... there are no limits!

Didn’t work when I bought it had to send it back. Was very disappointed

I used this product for the first time today, the paddle design is terrible, it is not properly fixed, will wobble and halfway through the ice cream process will get stuck for lack of power. The result is a constant need to press down and fidget the paddle for it to keep working.Despite the fact I only bought the product less than six months ago, and that I only used it today, Amazon is providing no service for it nor allowing me to return a clearly defective product.Do not believe the reviews - there are only seven here and they are suspicious. This machine is a fraud, shame on amazon for selling it and not servicing it after.

Very Good!

The container is very small-only holds a small amount of ice cream

Awesome! I have several different batches and they have all turned out splendid! I love this machine. It is very heavy so you will need to create counter space for it to live but trust me you will use constantly so it's worth it. The instructions seem to be translated from Italian to English . To make it easy, here's what I do. Turn off machine and unplug to clean. Only hand wash the removable bowl and paddle and lid. Wipe down everything else. Take out your bowl and pour in a half a shot of rum. It keeps the two bowls from freezing and sticking together. Put the bowl back in. Put your paddle in. Then pour in your ingredients, and put lid on, turning to lock and press the power button,use the 30 minute option and press the "play" looking button.After churning, your gelato will continue to freeze. After about an hour of freezing the machine powers off. you can scoop out your gelato after the 30 minute but I like mine to be thick and very cold so I leave it in the machine a little longer. Also, don't pre chill your ingredients too much, the machine will cool things down for you. Plus if your custard is too cold it may churn and freeze too quickly and cause your machine to be faulty.

I have had this machine since it was first released. It is a great value.Ice cream or gelato mixture can be poured in even while still hot. (If you choose to use a mixture that needs to be heated) Even if poured in hot this machine will quickly chill the mixture and in 40 minutes or less you will be eating ice cream.Can't say any thing bad about it. Quiet, compact, and worth the investment.

This gelato maker is fantastic! I have tried several recipes, and all came out very good. Don't need to cool the ingredients prior to the mixing, this machine will cool down to -23/-25C. Regarding the timing, it varies depending on the proportion milk/cream you use in the mix. I've tried 3/4 cup of heavy cream/2 and 1/4 cups 2% milk and 40 minutes is about what it needs, but when I used coconut milk, 30 minutes was more than enough. In general, you'll know it's ready when the paddle stops rotating.