Happy July 4th to my wonderful American friends! Hope you all had a great day off celebrating with your friends and family. What did you do to celebrate? And more importantly, what kind of food and drinks did you have for your July 4th festivities?
Last weekend, we celebrated Canada Day here and one of the items we enjoyed during our Canada Day festivities was this awesome homemade strawberry ice cream. It is the most flavourful, delicious ice cream I’ve ever had. The fresh, local strawberries made this ice cream really stand out. I know I’ve said it before, but homemade is always best – but that’s especially the case when it comes to homemade ice cream. There is seriously nothing more creamy and flavourful than the homemade variety.
Making ice cream at home is a lot of fun. I highly recommend buying an ice cream maker to use this summer. I use one from Cuisinart and I find it works great! You can also buy an ice cream maker attachment for your Kitchen Aid Mixer. By making ice cream at home, you can really play around with flavours and toppings. You can also be really creative with the base for the ice cream and make a variety of dairy free versions. I’m hoping to post a number of dairy-free “ice cream” recipes over the upcoming summer. Coconut milk ice cream is my number one priority! I recently discovered the coconut “ice creams” from So Delicious (Diary Free) and I’m smitten. The gluten free cookie dough coconut ice cream is amazing!!! Yum!
If you are looking for some more homemade ice cream recipes, here is a list of great ice cream recipe books. I highly recommend all of them:
What is your favourite flavour of ice cream?
Ingredients
- 1 lb. of fresh strawberries, rinsed, hulled and sliced
- 3/4 cup of granulated sugar
- 1 cup of sour cream (at least 7% M.F)
- 1 cup of cream (35% M.F.); chilled
- 1/2 teaspoon of fresh lemon juice
Method
1. In a medium bowl, combine the strawberries and sugar. Stir until the sugar begins to dissolve. Allow the strawberries to sit at room temperature, covered, for 1 hour. Be sure to mix the strawberries occasionally.
2. Pour the strawberry mixture into a blender. Add the sour cream, the chilled cream and the lemon juice. Blend until the mixture is smooth, but still has small chunks of strawberry. Chill mixture in the fridge for 1 hour.
3. Freeze mixture in an ice cream maker according to the manufacturer’s instructions.
Note: Homemade ice cream tends to get a bit harder in the freezer than the store-bought variety. Allow the ice cream to sit on the counter for about 10 minutes before scooping and serving to achieve the best consistency.
Yield: about 1 quart
Source: The Perfect Scoop by David Lebovitz
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Good lookin ice cream ..when is it ready…….
I’ll have to bring some over :)
It looks delicious!!
Thank you! Such a pretty colour! :) It did not last long around here. *hehe*
i love making homemade ice cream! this looks fabulous. your photos are stunning.
What is your fav dairy free kind to make? :)
It looks so pretty! :)
Awe, thank you! I loved the colour of the ice cream! I bet you could easily make this vegan with vegan sour cream and vegan creamer :) I should try that next!
Oh this is perfect for me right now. No raw eggs. I am going to try!
Yeah, I am very nervous about making custards for some reason. So, I mainly make egg free ice creams or dairy free ice creams. This strawberry one is the best you’ll ever have. It’s pure strawberry heaven!
Fresh strawberries plus sour cream would definitely make a yummy ice cream! Can’t wait to see more flavours from you this summer!
Any flavour suggestions? :)
we have the same ice cream maker :) i love the sour cream in here, i really need to try this!
Such a great little ice cream maker, hey? I’ve used mine many times and it’s always worked really well. I have such a long list of varieties I want to try over the summer. Hmmm…which to do next? Do you have a fav?
I love homemade ice cream! And the addition of sour cream sounds like an amazing complimenting flavor to the strawberries! Yum! :-)
Looks great, and gorgeous photography once again! I got an ice cream attachment for my Kitchenaid last year and used it a few times but then got lazy .. I need to break it out again this summer!
ooooh! i’ve always wanted to try making ice cream… mind you, that could be very dangerous for my hips and wasitline. meh. ef em! – i want ice cream! especially ice cream with fresh, local strawberries!!
looks great!
thank you for sharing with Fresh Foods Wednesday – hope to see you back next week!
p.s. if you don’t mind linking back to us in your post, that would be wonderful darling… xo!
I LOVE Ice Cream! My least favorite is Chocolate, I *heart* vanilla and strawberry – I have yet to perfect homemade vegan ice cream making, prevegan days I loved my Kitchen Aid Ice Cream making attachment, that thing got some serious miles!
Justin and I had an indoor BBQ since a very severe micro cell T-Storm moved through just as were were ready to fire up the grill! We had Vegan Potato Salad, Pan seared zuchinni and summer squash with red onion, Amy’s Texas Burgers & cucumbers – so good!
Heheh – you have all the right books, then! Making ice cream is one of my favorite things to do in the summer. This one looks super tasty, too… using a little sourcream with fruity ice creams can add just the perfect amount of tang! Love this!
I love my ice cream maker! Such a good investment. :) I love strawberry ice cream made with real strawberries!