Strawberry ice-cream (alt)
Ice-cream made with fresh strawberries. If your ice-cream maker has no built-in freezer, place your bowl in the freezer for a minimum of 12 hours before using.
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| Servings: | Servings: 18 - Makes about 1.5 litres |
| Calories per serving: | 189 |
| Ready in: | 4 hours including chilling and churning time |
| Prep. time: | 4 hours including chilling and churning time |
| Cook time: | None |
| Difficulty: | 
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| Recipe author: | Chef |
| First published: | 15th December 2014 |
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Best recipe reviewIce cream made with fresh strawberries 5/5 No review needed here! |
Ingredients
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- 600g fresh strawberries, hulled and cut in half (cut into quarters if particularly large)
- 60ml freshly squeezed lemon juice
- 330g caster sugar
- 330ml full fat milk
- 600ml double cream
- 1½ teaspoons vanilla extract
Method
- Place the strawberries in a bowl and mix with the lemon juice and 110g of the sugar and leave for 2 hours to allow the sugar to dissolve
- Pour into a tall jug and add the remaining ingredients except for the cream
- Blend until the mixture is smooth using a stick blender
- Add the cream and blend briefly
- Allow to chill in the fridge for at least 1 hour
- Pour into your ice-cream maker and churn according to the manufacturer's instructions
- Transfer into a container and keep in the freezer
How to prevent home made ice cream from freezing solid in the freezer
Home made ice cream is usually reasonably soft and 'scoopable' straight out of the ice cream maker, but once it is placed in the freezer for more than a few hours it becomes a solid block of ice, effectively.
Unfortunately without using artificial additives it is not generally possible to keep it soft once you freeze it. I have tried many suggestions and they all fail miserably, apart from this one!
Place the hard-frozen ice cream in your refrigerator for 2 to 3 hours before you want to use it and re-freeze it immediately you have scooped out what you need.
Admittedly this does require some planning ahead, but it does mean you'll have usable ice-cream.
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