Recipe for creamy strawberry ice cream.This recipe makes about 1 1/2 litres of finished ice cream.
Course Dessert
Cuisine Italian
Total Time 4 hourshours
Servings 8servings
Ingredients
Strawberry syrup
500gstrawberries, fresh or frozen
100gcaster sugar
1vanilla pod
Ice cream base
6egg yolks
100gcaster sugar
400mlwhole milk
400mlwhipping cream (38% fat)
Instructions
Strawberry syrup
Split the vanilla pod lengthways and scrape out the seeds. Mix the seeds with a little of the sugar.
Put the strawberries, sugar, vanilla seeds and the empty vanilla pod in a saucepan, bring to the boil and let it simmer for about 5 min., - the strawberries should be cooked until soft.
Remove the vanilla pod and blend the strawberries to a smooth purée. Alternatively, whisk it thoroughly with a balloon whisk to get rid of as many lumps as possible.
Put the strawberry purée in the fridge and let it cool completely. If the blender has not broken down the seeds well enough, pass it through a fine-mesh sieve.
Ice cream base
Whisk the egg yolks and sugar in a large bowl until pale, thick and fluffy.
Heat the cream and milk in a saucepan until small bubbles form around the edge, then turn off the heat. Stir regularly and take care it does not catch on the bottom. It should reach 84°C.
Slowly pour the cream and milk mixture into the bowl with the whisked egg yolks and sugar, whisking thoroughly, - add only a little at a time, and keep whisking the whole time.
Pour the ice cream base back into the saucepan and heat again until small bubbles form around the edge, - stir regularly and make sure it does not catch on the bottom. Again, it should reach 84°C.
Once the base has thickened slightly, remove it from the heat, pour it into a bowl and chill in the fridge until completely cold.
Mix the cooled ice cream base with the cooled strawberry syrup, pour it into an ice cream maker and churn until it has the consistency of soft-serve ice cream.
Transfer the ice cream to a suitable container and freeze until ready to serve. Take it out of the freezer about 5-10 min. before serving. If you do not have an ice cream maker, pour the base straight into a suitable container and put it in the freezer. Stir the mixture once every half hour to hour, until it begins to set.