If you’re hankering after adding soft-serve ice-cream to your catering, check out the new range of self-contained soft serve ice cream and yoghurt workstations from foodservice refrigeration specialist Adande and ice cream equipment manufacturer Carpigiani

The units provide a ready to dispense source of soft serve ice cream, which may also be used to create a variety of desserts, including smoothies, sundaes, waffles and crepes. The workstations provide complete solutions for the storage, production, dressing and plating of cold desserts and are suitable for restaurants, leisure venues and casual dining operations. With a compact footprint of just 1100mm wide by 700mm deep, they are ideal where floor space is limited.

The workstations are available in a variety of configurations to meet desired capacity, including a layout which has a countertop Carpigiani 191 G AV soft serve ice cream unit mounted on an Adande® two drawer refrigerator. The worktop of the Adande® unit can also accommodate additional equipment, such as a cream whipper, waffle iron, blender or crepe iron, providing the capacity to produce a variety of desserts.

The 12-litre capacity hopper is capable of producing 240 x 75g portions of soft serve ice cream per hour. Base mix ingredients are chilled in the Carpigiani unit before being beaten and aerated. The aeration process increases the volume of ice cream produced to 140% of the base mix, for maximum yield and increased profit. A patented freezing system ensures a very small ice crystal for a smooth consistency and a perfect texture.

The Adande® units are castor mounted, allowing them to be moved easily for cleaning. The drawers and the soft serve ice cream machine each operate on a 13 Amp power supply and, with no plumbing or water supply required, installation is simple.