Keep Cool for the Summer: Ice Cream & Other Summer Desserts

Whether you own a small café or a large, high-volume restaurant, you probably have some dessert items on the menu. But serving ice cream is completely different, especially if you’re making it. As Zanduco Restaurant Equipment & Supplies can tell you, it takes the right type of equipment and experience to serve ice cream or run an ice-cream store.

But we’re here to share some of that insight with you, so let’s take a closer look at how you can keep those popular desserts frozen!

Let’s Start with Ice Cream

To open an ice cream store, or serve it successfully on a hot summer day, you’ll first need to have the very best equipment in your shop. The right ice cream freezers can make or break your business. Next, you’ll need to familiarize yourself with your product; this is specifically true for ice cream shops but other business owners serving ice cream can benefit from it as well. Will you be able to describe the subtleties between the different flavors of ice cream you carry? Can you tell the difference between some of today’s most famous ice cream manufacturers?

You need to think about this so you can answer customers’ questions and really get them excited about your product.

Another important question you should ask yourself is whether your business will be offering ice cream only on a seasonal basis. If you’re an ice cream shop, this means thinking about what else you can give them to keep the doors open during the colder months. You could consider also offering cakes and other dessert items, but you should expect the business to slow down quite a bit and be able to adapt accordingly.

Know Your Customer’s Tastes

Another important aspect of serving ice cream is knowing what flavors, styles, and tastes your customers appreciate. After all, you don’t want tubs and tubs of flavors sitting in the back that no one’s going to order. A good way to start feeling them out is by offering a little something for everyone, then expanding on that menu to see what sells and what stays in the freezer or dipping cabinet.

Don’t Forget the Necessities

Opening an ice cream shop and serving ice cream will require some essential necessities, not only so you can serve your customers properly, but also display your dessert items properly. So, don’t forget you’ll also need to invest in things like ice cream dishes and cone holders, as well as utensils and napkins and the like.

Shaved Ice & Why it’s Become the Current Trend

Whether it’s a classic New Orleans-style sno-ball or Filipino halo-halo, shaved ice is making a big comeback nowadays and it can be a nifty item to offer on your dessert menu. But before we jump into how you can offer it yourselves, we wanted to share a bit about what makes this sweet treat so unique.

The Wide World of Shaved Ice

Shaved ice is a dessert menu item in which frozen blocks of ice are shaved into fine, feather-like swirls or snow-like mounds using an ice shaver. Although they can be found nearly anywhere, even in South America, Mexico, The Middle East, and the United States, their origins lie in Asian countries. And it’s much more of a complex dessert than what you’d find at a fairground in the states. For example, Japan, Hawaii, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, and India all have their own culinary variations on the shaved ice dessert.

If you’re looking for a high-quality ice shaver to start your own shaved ice business or simply offer an additional dessert item to customers, we recommend our Omcan Ice Shaver, which comes with a plastic casing and is both durable and easy to clean. It can produce pieces of ice in various sizes, meaning you can make a variety of different shaved ice dishes inspired by your favorite cultural deserts and culinary delights.

Here are some of the other benefits of our Omcan Ice Shaver:

• It creates finely crushed ice perfect for traditional Italian “granita.”
• It can also produce larger-sized ice cubes for cocktails or cold dishes or for items on display that need to remain chilled.
• It contains added safety measures, such as an additional safety microswitch on the feed throat and the streamlined ice container.
• Includes stainless-steel components and parts built to last a lifetime, as well as an anodized aluminum feed throat.
• Boasts a 350 W motor with a protective ribbed belt for low power absorption and increased efficiency.
• Operates with a 12,000 RPM motor speed and 1500 RPM blade speed, providing high-quality results in a manner of seconds.

Contact us today for your dessert needs, and more!

If you want to start an ice cream or shaved ice shop or just add a few cold, sweet treats to the menu, Zanduco Restaurant Equipment & Supplies has everything you’ll need to get started. In addition to our innovative ice shavers, freezers, and other commercial refrigeration devices, we also carry a wide variety of today’s leading commercial kitchen equipment.

Zanduco Restaurant Equipment & Supplies carries restaurant supplies like baking equipment, dough mixers, meat grinders, meat slicers, food display and merchandising solutions, and more. Additionally, we also stock today’s leading brands of smallware, dinnerware, furniture, and worktables and shelves for the commercial kitchen industry.

If you’re looking to boost your commercial kitchen or restaurant’s cleanliness and continue adhering to the safety and health procedures outlined by your local and federal government, Zanduco Restaurant Equipment & Supplies carries a range of janitorial supplies, soap and sanitizers, and personal protective equipment (PPE) for your needs.

To learn more about our inventory or place an order, contact us online today or call 1 (855) 926-3826.