Summer is almost here which the perfect season for Icecream (actually all seasons are perfect when it comes to icecream)! 🙂 Seeing that Strawberries are fresh this time of year and I hadn’t made a batch of icecream since last August, I decided to experiment! I knew I wanted honey for the sweetness in this batch of icecream (we attempt to stay away from white sugar plus there is something about the flavor of honey that makes everything taste so much better) and I also wanted to add a little more depth to the flavor of the icecream, so I made a custard base and decided to add toasted coconut to the mix.
My ingredient picture is missing the eggs and Salt… I completely forgot! 😉
Yields: 12 Delightfully delicious AND healthy Peanut Butter Cups
Ingredients
- 2 pints fresh strawberries hulled and halved
- 2 cups heavy cream
- 1 cup whole milk
- 4 egg yolks lightly beaten
- 2/3 cup honey
- 2 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 cup toasted coconut
- Preheat oven to 350°. Place hulled and halved strawberries on parchment lined pan, sprinkle with a pink of salt and roast for 25 minutes. Remove from oven and allow to cool.
- Meanwhile prepare the custard. Place eggs, honey, and salt in a medium sized bowl. In a large sauce pan bring heavy cream and milk to a simmer, remove from heat and slowly add 1 cup of cream to the egg mixture whisking constantly until combine. Add remaining cream to egg mixture and pour mixture back into the saucepan. Over low heat, stirring constantly, heat until the mixture (custard) thickens and will coat the back of a metal spoon with a thin film, approximately 7 to 10 minutes. Remove from heat and let custard cool. Add vanilla. Cover and refrigerate until thoroughly chilled, at least 2 hour.
- Once cooled, transfer the mixture into your icecream maker and churn according to your icecream maker instructions. When the mixture is 2/3 of the way complete add in cooled strawberries and coconut. Once icecream is completely set(churned/frozen 🙂 place in an air tight container and allow to freeze until firm!
- ENJOY!
Emily
That looks soooo good! looks like a good recipe to try this weekend!
Rachel
THANK YOU, Emily! 🙂 Let me know how you like the recipe if you give it a try. My sisters and I really enjoyed it!!
Sarah
Yum! This looks so good. I’m glad I’m not the only one to forget ingredients in a photo. 😛
I love the idea of roasting the strawberries first! I’ve seen alot of that going on in the blog world, but haven’t tried it yet.
Rachel
You forget ingredients too?! Haha, glad there are others out there like me. 😉
You should try roasting strawberries!! This was the first time I had tried roasting them and I had a hard time not eating them before they made it into the icecream (extremely delicious). 😉 I have seen roasted strawberries on several blogs lately too but they always add additional sugar to the strawberries before roasting. As long as the strawberries are ripened extra sugar is really not necessary! 🙂