INGREDIENTS:

  • 3cups fresh ripe strawberries, stemmed and sliced
  • 4tablespoons lemon juice
  • 1 1⁄2cups sugar
  • 1 1⁄2cups whole milk (I used skim because it is what we had on hand)
  • 2 3⁄4cups heavy cream
  • 1 1⁄2teaspoons vanilla extract

DIRECTIONS:

  • Combine strawberries, lemon juice, and 1/2 cup of sugar in a bowl and stir. Allow to sit for up to 2 hours.
  • Strain berries and reserve the juices.
  • Puree half the berries.
  • In a medium bowl mix milk and remaining sugar until sugar is dissolved. Stir in heavy cream, leftover juice from the berry mixture, vanilla, and mashed strawberries.
  • Turn on Cuisinart Ice Cream Machine and pour mixture into the frozen freezer bowl for about 20 minutes.
  • Add the rest of the strawberries and mix for another 5 minutes.

Note:

  • The ice cream will be very soft and creamy. We transferred ours to a container and stuck it in the freezer for about an hour to thicken it up a little the way we like it.