Strawberry Ice Cream
This homemade strawberry ice cream recipe is so creamy and delicious. It is full of fresh fresh strawberry flavor. Made with a French-style custard base, it will have you thinking its summer with every bite!
Ingredients
Strawberry Purée
- 1 pound strawberries (in season is the best!)
- 3 tbsp granulated sugar
- ½ tsp lemon juice
- 1 pinch salt
Ice Cream Mixture
- 2 cups heavy cream
- ⅔ cup sugar
- ⅛ tsp sea salt
- 6 large egg yolks
Instructions
- In a blender, add the strawberries, sugar, lemon juice, and salt
- Purée all and add more sugar if you need to
- In a small saucepan, add the heavy cream, sugar, and salt
- Over medium-low heat, stir until sugar is dissolved
- Remove from heat.
- In a small bowl, whisk the egg yolks
- Make your custard by taking a ladle-full of the warm cream and adding it to the eggs while whisking constantly (So you don't make scrambled eggs)
- Take the cream/yolk mixture and add back into the saucepan with the rest of the cream
- Stirring constantly with a spatula, warm it over medium heat until it it coats the back of a the spatula.
- It should reach about 170F on a instant-read thermometer
- Strain it through a fine-mesh strainer into a clean bowl
- Cool it to room temperature
- When cool, stir in the purée and put in the fridge for at least 2 hours (better overnight!)
- When ready, take it out of the fridge and make it in an ice cream maker according to manufacture's instructions.
- Serve immediately or put in freezer to chill.
Nutrition
Serving: 1scoopCalories: 343kcalCarbohydrates: 28gProtein: 4gFat: 25gSaturated Fat: 15gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gMonounsaturated Fat: 7gCholesterol: 205mgSodium: 64mgPotassium: 158mgFiber: 1gSugar: 26gVitamin A: 1065IUVitamin C: 34mgCalcium: 65mgIron: 1mg
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