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Professional equipment for artisanal ice cream, gelato, and sorbet: a must-have for chefs! – Matfer Bourgeat

Making sorbets and ice cream with the right equipment: the essentials!

If there are a few surefire hits in the food industry, ice cream is definitely one of them! Soft-serve ice cream, cones, sorbets, and—in recent years—granitas and Ice-Rolls fill the stands in parks, shops, and restaurants. But as popular as they may be with young and old alike, making good ice cream—tasty and not too sweet—is a real challenge for all professional chefs. Professional kitchen equipment is a must!

Whether you’re serving them in cones, in small cardboard ice cream cups, or as gourmet frozen desserts, sorbets and ice creams require professional ice cream-making equipment to ensure they’re both well-made and beautifully presented.

A professional ice cream maker for “homemade” ice cream

To offer customers “homemade” treats—the latest trend—including freshly made sorbets and ice cream, you need high-quality professional ice cream-making equipment. Therefore, to offer ice cream and sorbet made to order, you need to choose a top-performing professional ice cream maker. The 3k Touch Ice Cream Maker fits the bill, capable of producing no less than 1.2 liters of fresh ice cream in 15 minutes. This ice cream maker operates fully automatically and quietly. Its removable bowl also makes it easy to handle and clean, while its “preservation” function proves invaluable for serving orders as they come in.

Making things “from scratch” also allows you to control the sugar content of ice cream and sorbets, giving you greater control over your frozen desserts. This is where the PAL refractometer really comes into its own. This very compact, sight-type refractometer directly displays the percentage in degrees Brix.

The ice cream cup or designer plate: a fresh take on frozen desserts

To satisfy customers, a well-made ice cream is only half the battle—it also needs to be beautifully presented and make you simply can’t resist digging in with a spoon!

Ice cream cups are a great alternative to cones, helping to prevent drips and stains on your shirt. Small cardboard ice cream cups with versatile full-color printing, available in 9 cl (2 scoops) and 15 cl (3 scoops), perfect for takeout.

For an elegant presentation in a restaurant—more original than the same old glass ice cream cups and perhaps better suited to the most refined, exotic, and surprising flavors—the glass ice cream cup.

The sleek Lima tumbler from Arc, the flared Mix and Match from Libbey, the rounded New Kalix from Bormioli Rocco, or the classic low-profile tumblers—all are stylish options designed to tantalize the taste buds and ensure a comfortable drinking experience.

Mix and Match by Libbey

Lima Cup

New Kalix by Bromioli Rocco

While these serving dishes are best suited for ice cream and sorbets served simply as scoops, other serving dishes are better suited for more elaborate frozen desserts. One might then opt for elegant hotel-style porcelain plates, such as the striking “Milano” by In Situ, with its irregular lines and raised rims that enhance three-dimensional compositions, or the highly refined “Centro” by Vista Alegre, whose wide rims will highlight the various coulis swirling around the ice cream placed in the center.