Rolled ice cream, also known as cold pan-fried ice cream, is a frozen dessert of Thai street food, made from milk, cream and sugar as well as other additional ingredients to enhance flavor. The liquid ice cream mixture is mixed well then poured onto a cold pan with a flat surface, and cooled at a temperature of about −25 degrees Celsius to −30 degrees Celsius.
After completing the stir-frying process with a flat shovel to even out the liquid ice cream mixture, it is cooled to thicken in a thin shape. Next, use a shovel to scrape off a thin layer of ice cream, roll the ice cream up and place it upright in an ice cream cup, then cover the ice cream rolls with many different toppings, such as peanuts, almonds or candy chips. The main style of rolled ice cream is its rolled shape.
This new style of ice cream originating from Southeast Asia has spread to the United States and Canada. Spread from Montreal to Brooklyn, Los Angeles to Atlanta, small ice cream shops are packed with shoppers. In the UK, the first systems selling rolled ice cream were Frew & Co and Kreemlicious Dessert Bar in London. Rolled ice cream became popular worldwide starting in 2015.
The remarkable thing about Thai rolled ice cream is that with available ingredients, customers can ask the ice cream maker to create ice cream with decorative shapes and flavors as desired. There are hundreds of different flavors and decorations created. According to Tele Madrid, the Thai Scoops store opened in Madrid, Spain has 30 different ice cream roll combinations and their selected flavor variations continue to be developed.
1. Origin of rolled ice cream
The origins of Thai rolled ice cream began in the late 1990s, when street vendors in Phuket night markets made this treat entirely by hand. This frozen dessert broke out in Thailand in 2009, under the name "Thai rolled ice cream" or "cold pan-fried ice cream". Starting in Thailand as a popular street food, rolled ice cream quickly spread to neighboring Southeast Asian countries.
Since 2015, this dessert has been popularized in the United States, rolled ice cream is sold in large quantities at a variety of locations, called "I-Tim-Pad", "ice pan ice cream", " "rolled ice cream" or "ice cream rolls".
Rolled ice cream was introduced in the Philippines in 2015, thanks to a video of a man making rolled ice cream in 3 minutes and this video went viral on the internet. In the video, the process of "stir-frying" and "rolling" the ice cream is meticulously described.
Videos similar to this one went viral and other countries started picking up on the trend.
"Rolled ice creams that are popular now have no preservatives. It is a way of making ice cream that is starting to spread to other countries outside the Asian continent such as the United States, Bolivia, Brazil and Mexico, among others ". - Alejandra Pereyra, owner of Sweet Rolls, press release, in Economix magazine, December 2017.
According to IBIS World, ice cream franchise Cold Stone Creamery has developed its own brand of rolled ice cream worldwide. This is a major brand in the $8 billion ice cream industry in the United States, also according to IBIS World. Cold Stone Creamery sells rolled ice cream at more than 1,000 locations in the United States and hundreds of other locations worldwide.
2. Processing rolled ice cream
Cold baking equipment
The equipment used to make rolled ice cream is a flat-top cold pan that is powered by electricity or cooled by liquid nitrogen, which can maintain a temperature of −30 degrees Celsius. The ice cream mixture placed on top will reach to cryogenic and freezing temperatures.
Other tools used include: spatula, tray, flat shovel (a pair), bowl.
Ingredient
Ingredients for making Thai rolled ice cream include the following main ingredients:
Fresh cream: ~ 60 ml
Whole milk: ~ 40 ml
Sugar: ~ 15 grams
Salt: 1 pinch
Sugar candy beads (many colors)
The ratio, volume and ingredients of ice cream may vary slightly due to flexible habits and preferences of workers and customers. The other ingredient added is usually oreo cake: 1/2 cake (oreo cake can be replaced with some other ingredients such as passion fruit, syrup, green tea, coffee powder, cheese,...).
Prepare
Rolled ice cream is a combination of fresh milk ingredients and various additives, forming a mixture. First use a heatproof spoon to stir everything together. These main ingredients are all liquid, usually milk or soy milk, and flavors such as chocolate, strawberry, kiwi, coconut, mint, lychee, tomato, avocado, chips, meringue , mango, coffee, vanilla, banana,...
In addition to the base flavor, there are other additional ingredients that can be added, such as fruit, cookies, and brownies.
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