Inna’s Culinary Inventions

Now that I’ve blogged about my most successful ice cream attempt, I thought I should blog about my first ice cream attempt. I think I mentioned before that Francis got me the ice cream maker for our anniversary. I was so excited to use it that I don’t think I let the bowl freeze for long enough.

The ice cream flavor tasted great, but the texture wasn’t quite there. Anyways, I figured I should post this anyways because I definitely plan on making it again and freezing the bowl completely.

Strawberry Ice Cream

Source: Annie’s Eats

Ingredients
2 cups fresh strawberries cut in small pieces 
3 tbsp.  lemon juice
1 cup sugar, divided
1 cup whole milk
2 cups heavy cream
1 tsp. vanilla extract

Combine the strawberries with the lemon juice and 1/3 cup of sugar; stir and allow the strawberries to soak in the juices for 2 hours.

In another bowl,  whisk the milk and granulated sugar until the sugar is dissolved. Stir in the heavy cream, the vanilla and any accumulated juices from the strawberries.

Pour the mixture into the ice cream  maker. Let mix until thickened, about 25-30 minutes. Add the sliced strawberries during the last 5 minutes of freezing. Ice cream will be soft at this point. For a firmer ice cream, transfer to an airtight container and store in freezer until it has reached your desired consistency