Strawberry Ice Cream

Sweet ripe strawberries and heavy whipping cream, what could be better?

Strawberry Ice Cream

Servings: 6 cups

Ingredients
  

Strawberry Flavor
  • 3 cups Strawberries, fresh or frozen (=293 g)
  • 5 Tbsp + 1 tsp Sugar (=70 g)
  • ¼ tsp + 1/8 tsp Citric acid (=1.42 g)
Ice Cream Base Mix
  • 1 cup Whole milk (=240 g)
  • 2 Whole pasteurized eggs (Large eggs)
  • 3/4 cup Sugar (=144 g)
  • Dash Salt
  • 2 cups Heavy whipping cream (=444 g, add later)

Instructions
 

Strawberry Flavor
  1. This recipe can be made using either fresh or frozen strawberries. If using fresh strawberries, remove stems from strawberries.
  2. If using frozen strawberries, thaw strawberries for 1 minute in microwave.
  3. Mash strawberries with a potato masher. Add sugar and citric acid to the mashed strawberries, mix well. Refrigerator for several hours.
  4. Use strainer and metal spoon to separate strawberry juice from pulp. Set pulp aside.
Ice Cream Base Mix
  1. Put base mix ingredients except whipping cream in blender.
  2. Add strained strawberry juice (but not pulp). Blend on High for 1 minute.
  3. Add whipping cream. Blend on Medium setting for 30 seconds.
  4. Freeze in ice cream machine.
Combine
  1. Add strawberry pulp to ice cream freezer during last minute of freezing.

For more information see Pasteurized Eggs Instruction Sheet

For more information see Adding Fruit to Ice Cream

Weigh strawberries. If frozen, thaw slightly
Add sugar and citric acid. Mash with a potato masher
Use strainer and metal spoon to separate strawberry juice from pulp and seeds. Set pulp and seeds aside until ice cream is frozen
Add strawberry juice to Ice Cream Base Mix, blend
Put in ice cream machine and freeze
After the ice cream is frozen, fold in the strawberry pulp and seeds
Finished Strawberry Ice Cream