Rootside Swirl

Frozen fruit goes in the top. Soft serve comes out the bottom. That's the whole machine.

No cream, no sugar, no churning, no ice cream base to make the night before. You freeze fruit, you push it through, and what lands in the bowl has the texture of soft serve and the ingredient list of a banana.

Three minutes, start to finish. It's the only dessert in most houses that isn't a negotiation.

What it makes

• Single-ingredient banana soft serve — the one everybody makes first
• Sorbet from frozen mango, strawberry, pineapple, cherry
• Frozen yoghurt, if you freeze it in cubes first
• Sherbet, by alternating fruit with a splash of milk

Getting it right

• Thaw for ten minutes before you start. Rock-solid fruit jams the auger. Ten minutes on the counter is the difference between soft serve and a stuck machine — this is the single most common mistake.
• Ripe fruit tastes better. Freeze bananas when they're spotted, not green.
• It fully disassembles for cleaning. Rinse the chute and auger straight after. Do not put the motor base in water.

Compact enough to live in a corner of the counter. Adult supervision required around children.

Ships from our US warehouse.