he big daddy of ice-cream makersCuisinart-You don't necessarily need to an ice-cream maker to be a whizz in the ice-cream department, but it certainly does help. You'll find that makers whip up the ice-cream successfully, giving it a welcoming fluffiness. Try making our recipes with the Cuisinart Ice-Cream and Gelato Professional (£250). While it's fairly heftily priced, automating the process frees you up in the kitchen to make other dishes and the results are, in our opinion, well worth it. The machine's footprint is quite sizeable, but with the flexibility to make Italian-style gelato, frozen yoghurt, sorbet or more traditional ice-cream in up to 1.5-litre tubs, in around 40 minutes, it offers the home ice-cream maker flexibility and quality results.