Method and machine for making ice cream

A method for making ice cream comprising a basic flavor in which a different additional flavor is inserted, the method comprising the following steps:

• providing a machine for making ice cream, comprising:
• a body;
• a processing container for processing a basic ice cream product;
• a stirrer mounted inside the processing container;
• the processing container and the stirrer positioned in an interior of the body;
• a dispensing head positioned on an exterior of the body, comprising:
• a receiving seat for receiving a hermetically sealed capsule that contains the different additional flavor;
• a piercing element including a hollow interior;
• a delivery conduit for delivering the basic ice cream product;
• a transfer conduit for delivering the different additional flavor from the capsule;
• wherein an end portion of the transfer conduit is positioned within a first spatial region and an end portion of the delivery conduit forms a second spatial region which encloses the first spatial region,
• wherein the end portion of the transfer conduit and the end portion of the delivery conduit are oriented to flow along a same downward direction;
• wherein the receiving seat is positioned adjacent the end portion of the delivery conduit;
• cooling and stirring a basic preparation inside the processing container using the stirrer to obtain the basic ice cream product;
• preparing the capsule containing the different additional flavor;
• opening the capsule;
• preparing a serving container;
• providing a supporting device including a seat for supporting and holding the serving container;
• placing the serving container in the seat;
• simultaneously transferring a portion of the basic ice cream product from the processing container to the serving container through the delivery conduit and the different additional flavor from the open capsule through the transfer conduit to the serving container,
• wherein the simultaneously transferring step comprises a step of delivering the different additional flavor into the first spatial region and a step of delivering the basic ice cream product into the second spatial region which encloses the first spatial region, so that the different additional flavor is fed into an interior of the basic ice cream product in the serving container;
• wherein the simultaneously transferring step comprises a step of injecting a pressurized fluid into the open capsule to act on the different additional flavor inside the capsule to force the different additional flavor outside of the capsule;
• sending an opening command via a user interface to a drive and control unit;
• causing the drive and control unit to act on the opening command to open a first shutter to allow delivery of the basic ice cream product through the delivery conduit;
• wherein the pressurized fluid is air;
• wherein the step of opening the capsule comprises a step of piercing a wall of the capsule with the piercing element to open the capsule with the piercing element;
• wherein the simultaneously transferring step comprises the pressurized air acting on the different additional flavor inside the capsule to force the different additional flavor outside of the capsule through the hollow interior of the piercing element;
• wherein the transferring of the portion of the basic ice cream product from the processing container to the serving container is done along a same direction as the transferring of the different additional flavor from the open capsule to the serving container.