Homemade Strawberry Ice Cream Recipe
This homemade strawberry ice cream recipe is rich and creamy. It's made with only 7 ingredients including fresh strawberries. It's the most delicious strawberry ice cream ever - even better than your favorite ice cream shop!
Servings: 8 Servings
Cost: $8
Equipment
Ingredients
- 2 cups half and half
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 1 cup sugar
- ¼ teaspoon sea salt
- 4 egg yolks
- 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
- 1 pint strawberries (2 cups)
- Optional: ½ cup chopped strawberries
Instructions
- Wash and trim 1 pint of strawberries. Puree them in a high-powered blender until smooth, set aside.
- Heat the half and half, salt and sugar over medium heat until it is warm, whisking often to help the sugar dissolve.
- Beat egg yolks in a small mixing bowl, add ½ cup of the warm half and half mixture to the egg yolks and whisk to combine. Then add the egg mixture to the half and half on the stovetop.
- Cook over medium-low heat stirring constantly until the mixture thickens, just barely coating the back of a spatula.
- Place the heavy cream into a bowl, and put a fine mesh strainer over the top of the bowl.
- Strain the custard into the heavy cream. Discard the remnants left on the strainer.
- Add vanilla extract and strawberry puree to the mixture and stir to combine.
- Transfer to an airtight container and cool completely in the fridge (preferably overnight).
- Once chilled, churn until thick and frozen.
- If desired, stir in extra chopped strawberries during the end of the churning time.
- Transfer the strawberry ice cream to a glass container with a lid and freeze for at least 4 hours.
- Serve and enjoy!
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Notes
Optional strawberry chunks. If you’d like to have chunks of strawberry in your ice cream, add additional chopped or sliced berries to the mixture while it’s churning.
Ingredient Substitutions
- Half and half/heavy cream. This recipe calls for 3 cups of liquid. You can change the ratios of half and half to cream if desired, as long as the total amount equals 3 cups. You can also substitute up to 1 cup of the liquid with whole milk.
- Granulated sugar. I suggest white sugar or organic cane sugar for the best results.
- Vanilla Extract. the seeds of 1 vanilla bean or 2 tsp vanilla bean paste are good substitutes for extract.
- Egg Yolks. There is no substitution for egg yolks in this recipe.
- Strawberries. I suggest fresh strawberries for the best results. If using frozen berries, thaw them in a colander to strain off excess water.
Nutrition
Serving: 0.25cup | Calories: 327kcal | Carbohydrates: 33g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 20g | Saturated Fat: 12g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 6g | Cholesterol: 152mg | Sodium: 123mg | Potassium: 210mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 31g | Vitamin A: 788IU | Vitamin C: 36mg | Calcium: 106mg | Iron: 1mg