Strawberry Ice cream

A strawberries and cream flavoured ice cream

• CuisineWestern
• CategoryDessert
• CourseDessert

Ingredients

• 3x250gmsStrawberry punnets
• 1 ½ cupsSugar
• 1Vanilla pod
• 300 mlCream

Preparation

1. Clean and cut strawberries
2. Add ½ cup of sugar and mix
3. Store in the refrigerator for a few hours
4. Split the vanilla pod and place in a pan with 1 cup of water
5. Heat till boiling and then simmer
6. Add 1 cup of sugar and stir till sugar is dissolved
7. Cool the sugar solution
8. Process strawberries till smooth
9. Add sugar solution, cream and process
10. Chill for an hour
11. Remove, beat mixture and place in ice cream maker

There was the nearly 4 kilos of strawberries of which, a bit over 2 kilos were made into Strawbery Sorbet. That left about 1½ kilos. This got made into strawberry ice cream. It took two batches in the ice cream maker. I am glad that all the strawberries were used up. The freezer was full of sorbet and ice cream. It would be interesting to see if all of it got consumed. It should - it lasts for months in the freezer.

When the strawberries arrived and were tasted, they were pretty good in spite of the giveaway sale. They may have been a bit on the under-ripe side and the Cub concurred. So they sat at room temperature for a day and then got made into sorbet. After that, the remainder sat around for quite a few days. But that was in the fridge and they were still in top condition when it was time to make the ice cream.