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Fresh Strawberry Ice Cream

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Ice cream is a summer favorite at our house, especially when it comes out of our own ice cream maker. Oregon has awesome strawberries in June, so that’s when I’m busy making all things strawberry. This recipe requires no cooking.

Ingredients

  • 2 cups Fresh Strawberries, Stemmed And Sliced
  • 2 Tablespoons Freshly Squeezed Lemon Juice
  • 1 cup Sugar
  • 1 cup Half-and-half
  • 2 cups Heavy Cream
  • 1 teaspoon Pure Vanilla Extract

Preparation

In a small bowl, combine the strawberries with the lemon juice and 1/2 cup of the sugar. Stir gently and allow the strawberries to soak in the juices for one to two hours. Strain the berries, reserving the juices. Mash half the berries.

In a medium bowl, use a hand mixer on low speed to combine the half and half and remaining sugar until the sugar is fully dissolved, about 1-2 minutes. Stir in the heavy cream, reserving the strawberry juice, mashed strawberries and vanilla.

Pour the mixture into the frozen bowl of an ice cream maker and let it do its magic for about 25 minutes or until it starts to thicken.

Five minutes before mixing is complete, add the reserved sliced strawberries and mix in completely. When this process is complete, the ice cream will have a soft, creamy texture.

Remove it from the ice cream maker and place into an airtight freezer container and freeze for about 2 hours. Yummola!

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mrsq on 6.5.2011

The instructions were a bit confusing; I think the second paragraph should read:

In a medium bowl, use a hand mixer on low speed to combine the half and half and remaining sugar until the sugar is fully dissolved, about 1-2 minutes. Stir in the heavy cream, RESERVED strawberry juice, mashed strawberries and vanilla.

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mrsq on 6.7.2011

I generally prefer a richer/denser ice cream and this was a bit too crystallized for my taste. However, points for being easy and so fast. Since the ice cream isn’t cooked, you can start churning right away, which pleased my kids.

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drbec on 6.29.2010

Excellent and very easy! Hubby said, “Definitely the best strawberry ice cream I’ve ever had.”
I’ll admit I tweaked it a tiny bit–I cooked the strawberries/sugar/lemon juice mix for a couple of minutes instead of letting it soak. ‘Cause I’m impatient like that.

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