Strawberry Ice Cream Recipe

This strawberry ice cream has amazing fresh strawberry flavor and a smooth, creamy texture. It’s one of my favorite things to make when strawberries are in season.

Today’s recipe is an old family favorite and it is one that my mother use to make.  This recipe for strawberry ice cream came from an old family friend and it is the best strawberry ice cream recipe ever!

Nothing says summer better than a batch of homemade ice cream, especially when it is full of strawberries.

This recipe is designed to be made in an ice cream maker.

Ingredients Needed

• Strawberries. Be sure to use ripe strawberries for best flavor
• Eggs. Growing up, my mother always made this ice cream with raw eggs but I know there are food safety issues with consuming raw eggs.  You can purchase pasteurized eggs or you can make a cook custard first and then cool it before adding it to the ice cream maker. (see below for cooked custard directions)
• Sugar
• Salt
• Vanilla extract
• Lemon juice
• Heavy whipping cream
• Whole milk

How to Make Strawberry Ice Cream

• Prepare your strawberries.  Wash and hull your fresh strawberries first.  I love using this little tool to quickly hull my strawberries.  Then you can mash your strawberries with a potato masher if you like larger chunks of strawberry in your ice cream or you can pulse them in your food processor or blender if you don’t want chunks.  I usually pulse the berries once or twice in the food processor so they are somewhere in the middle.  I like little pieces of pure strawberry but not big ones in my ice ream.

Cooked custard:

• In medium saucepan, whisk together eggs, milk, heavy cream sugar and salt.
• Cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until mixture is thick enough to coat a metal spoon with a thin film and reaches at least 160 degrees F.
• Cool quickly by setting pan in ice or cold water and stirring for a few minutes.
• Cover ice cream base and refrigerate until thoroughly chilled, at least one hour.

• Combine your ingredients.  Add your berries with your cooled milk mixture.  The recipe uses a combination of whole milk and whipping cream.
• If you are not using a cooked custard, combine all your ingredients, including strawberries and pour into ice cream maker.

• Pour your mixture into your ice cream maker and churn according to manufacturers instructions. 
• After the ice cream is done churning I put it into my favorite ice cream storage container and let it harden up in the freezer for several hours before serving.

Can I Use Frozen Berries Instead of Fresh?

The fresher the strawberries the better of course but this ice cream is also delicious with frozen berries but when you can use fresh please do! You can check out my tips for freezing strawberries here.

Check out more delicious strawberry recipes:

• Strawberry Sauce
• Strawberry Pizza
• Homemade Vanilla Ice Cream
• Strawberry Tart
• Lemon Ice Cream

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