Recipe video above. This is flavour money can't buy! Incredibly creamy, not a speck of iciness in sight, with beautiful fresh strawberry flavour. No ice cream maker required!
Prep Time20 minutesmins
Cook Time1 hourhr
Total Time1 hourhr20 minutesmins
Course: Dessert
Keyword: Strawberry Ice Cream
Servings: 6- 8 people
Author: Nagi
Ingredients
1 kg / 2 lb strawberries, ripe, hulled and halved
1tbspwhite sugar
1tspvanilla extract(optional)
1cansweetened condensed milk(395g / 13 oz)
2 cups / 500 mlcream, full fat, for whipping (Note 1)
Instructions
Roast Strawberries:
Preheat oven to 160°C/320°F (140°C fan) with shelf in the middle.
Pile strawberries on a tray. Sprinkle over sugar. Toss through, then spread strawberries out on tray.
Roast for 45 minutes, rotating tray halfway. Remove from oven, toss strawberries, then return to oven for 15 minutes. Keep an eye on it - don't want juices to become toffee and stick to tray.
Remove from oven, use spatula to scrape into a food processor, being sure to get all the juices and caramelised bits off the tray.
Blitz until smooth as possible (caramelised bits won't blitz smooth), scrape into bowl then cool completely.
Ice Cream Mixture:
Add condensed milk and vanilla into strawberries. Beat well for 1 1/2 minutes on high to aerate and combine.
Place cream in another bowl. Use electric beater to beat into stiff peaks - about 3 minutes on high.
Add a dollop of cream into the strawberry mixture. Fold through gently, don't beat in furiously (see video for technique). When mostly mixed through, add another dollop and for through about 5 times.
Tip strawberry mixture into the cream bowl. Gently fold through until it's a uniform pink colour - about 15 to 20 folds max. Some streaks is ok.
Freezing & serving:
Pour mixture into a container (preferably glass with airtight lid), smooth top.
Place sheet of baking paper on surface and press out air bubbles (stops icicles forming). Cover with lid, freeze 12+ hours.
Remove from freezer, remove paper. Scoop with ice cream scooper and serve in cones or bowls!
Notes
1. The cream used here must be cream for whipping. Some creams can't be whipped, they are just for pouring. The tub will say if it's whippable or not. Measurement is for un-whipped cream.2. 12 - 18 hours freezing: Only 1 minute or so required to make scoopable. 24 hours+ freezing: Will require 3 to 5 minutes until it becomes scoopable. But don't worry, it doesn't melt into a puddle of liquid like sorbet, it softens like store bought ice cream.3. Other fruits: I haven't tried this with other fruits with similar textures but this is the method I would recommend over stove top reduction of fruit puree that I use for my Mango No Churn Ice Cream. Reason is that you get better flavour from roasting, but you can get away with stove reduction with mango because a) it's one of the most intense flavoured fruit b) it's hard to roast mangoes effectively because it's peeled.I think this roasting technique will work really well for peaches, nectarines and plums. I'd probably cut each peach into 6 or 8 wedges (with skin) then chop each wedge into 3 pieces or so. Then proceed with this recipe. The roasting time will be affected by how juicy the peaches are as they vary greatly, so go by eye and look for the thickened syrup you see in the video when I scrape the strawberries into the food processor.