Strawberry Ice Cream

Summer is here and I love making ice cream once in a while. I was looking for eggless ice cream recipes and came across Alton Brown's "seriously vanilla ice cream" recipe and decided to give it a try. My daughter was having a play date and I promised the kids that I would make them ice cream as a treat. The recipe calls for pear preserve but I had strawberry preserve at home so I changed the recipe to a strawberry ice cream. Please try the recipe, it tastes amazing. No fuss at all. It is so delicious and most important, you know what's in the ice cream. No stabilizers or any other chemical that you cannot pronounce. Worth making it for you family. Sure it is very rich, but so is the store bought ones.

Gadgets:

Saucepan

Candy Thermometer

Spatula

Plastic Container With Lid

Measuring Cups and Spoons
Ice Cream Maker

Ingredients:

Whipping Cream - 1 cups

Half and Half - 2 cups

Sugar - 1 cup plus 2 tbsp

Strawberry Preserve - 2 tbsp ( not jelly)

Vanilla - Bean 1 seeds scrapped ( I used vanilla essence 1 tsp)

Fresh Sweet Strawberries - 5 cut into small pieces ( optional)
Salt- a pinch

Preparation:

1. Mix all the whipped cream , half and half and vanilla together. Place it on the stove and heat it up until it reaches 170 degrees. Remove and add sugar, preserve and salt. Mix well.

2. Remove cool and transfer into a plastic container ( add the berries). Place in the fridge overnight.  Pour this liquid into an ice cream maker and allow it to reach a soft serve consistency. Remove, transfer into smaller containers and freeze. 

3. Enjoy the ice cream.