68 Days of Gourmet: Day 66
North Carolina strawberries just came into season and Brandon sweetly picked up a flat for me at the farmer’s market last week. Strawberry is my favorite flavor of ice cream and ever since I received the KitchenAid ice cream maker attachment last Christmas, I’ve enjoyed trying homemade ice cream recipes. I was thrilled to see that Gourmet had several no-cook strawberry ice cream recipes.
We had friends in town visiting last weekend and I thought this Strawberry Cheesecake Ice Cream would be the perfect dessert for our cookout Friday night. It was so easy to put together since it didn’t require any cooking. You just throw all the ingredients in a blender then into the ice cream maker to freeze. I made it on my lunch break the day I served it. Not surprisingly, the ice cream was a hit. Who doesn’t love homemade ice cream?
One year ago: Baked Eggplant Parmesan, Mississippi Mud Pie
No Cook Strawberry Cheesecake Ice Cream
(Recipe source Gourmet, July 2000)
Ingredients:
3/4 pound (1 quart) strawberries, chopped
8 ounces softened cream cheese
3/4 cup sugar
1 cup milk
1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
Pinch of salt
1/2 cup heavy cream
Directions:
Place strawberries, cream cheese, sugar, milk, lemon juice and salt in a blender. Blend until just incorporated. Stir in the heavy cream and chill. Follow the directions on your ice cream maker to freeze ice cream.
For the KitchenAid I slowly added the chilled ice cream base and mixed on the lowest speed for about 15 minutes, until the ice cream was the consistency of soft serve. Place in an airtight container and put in freezer to freeze completely.
Note, you may want to take the ice cream out to soften 10-15 minutes before serving.
Yield: about 8 servings
And I can’t resist sharing this picture that shows you how good the ice cream base tasted but I won’t reveal how much unfrozen ice cream I ate!
Oooh, I am trying this soon!!! I haven’t dusted off the ‘ol ice cream maker yet this year- I think it’s time!!
YUM!!
So making this when our weather warms up.
I made this today and I now fully understand why you would drink it out of the blender. So amazingly good. I cannot wait to make it again. Thanks for sharing this recipe!!
Lorie – your comment just made me laugh! The ice cream is delicious…and so easy. So glad you enjoyed it!