Summer is almost here and so is also the season for ice creams. And “I scream” loud for homemade eggless fresh ice cream!! Strawberries this time of the year are juicy, red, sweet and irresistible and so was the first flavour of this season. My journey to ice cream making started about 6 years ago when I started experimenting and created new flavours and version including cinnamon strawberry, fresh rose petal ice cream, blueberries with coconut to name a few. Hopefully I will revisit all of them this season and am able to share all the delicious recipes with all!
This year’s ice cream season started with fresh strawberry ice cream. If you have invested in an electric ice cream maker, then you can easily have a new flavour every second day!! I have found the electric ice cream maker very easy to use and dependable. Alternatively, I would suggest experimenting by using a hand blender and mixing it in a container, surrounded by ice. And then freeze it for at least 14-15 hours before serving it. This approach in my view should work, but easiest is if you can find a good electric ice cream maker.
Fresh strawberries, with some chunky pieces to bite on and some pureed with a dash of lemon, some, cream , milk, sugar and slight hint of vanilla essence are the ingredients for it. “WOW” is simply the word for this utterly delicious combination that looks tempting and tastes light and refreshing!
We often wonder how is ice cream made at home ? In my view in a jiffy with just a little bit planning needed in chilling the container ahead! A dessert that you can make way ahead of time and enjoy for many many days! Just mix and let the ice cream maker do all the effort! And when you serve this in a sugar cone you sure are going to receive many brownie points from one and all!!
Recipe makes 1 quart cup of frozen ice cream
Cooking Time: 50 min
Chilling Time : 12 hours
Pre Chill Time – 24 hours
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cup strawberries chopped into medium size pieces
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1 tbsp sugar for strawberreis
- 1/2 tsp lemon
- 2 cups heavy cream
- 1 cup milk
- 1 tsp vanilla essence
Method
- Mix the strawberries and lemon and crush it with a spoon or blender so that there is some puree and some pieces .
- Set the container in the ice cream maker and start the machine.
- Once it starts revolving, put milk, sugar , essence, crushed strawberries,
- Then add heavy cream ,
- Let the ice cream maker churn for 4o min,
- At the end of the 40 min, the ice cream bowl would be almost scrape free clean and the mixture would be all mixed into one huge scoop.
- Empty this into freezer safe container and chill to set for about 12 hours minimum.
- Serve chilled topped with some chocolate syrup and slices of fresh strawberries, or just plain strawberry ice cream is delicious.
Tips
Toppings can be some chocolate syrup, sprinkles, some fresh slices of strawberries
Instinct Factor
If the color is not pink enough, you need to add a little bit more of strawberry puree, and this can be mixed in while it is being made.
Feel Factor
Light and refreshing , fresh and delicious, colorful and chilled, with some fresh strawberry pieces in it, you are sure to have more than one helping of this!! Once in a cone, once in a cup and once in a waffle bowl!!
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