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Strawberry Ice Cream Equipment

Ice cream maker, any brand should be fine 

Food-processor or Blender 

2 mixing bowls

Measuring spoons

Measuring cups

Spoon, or whisk

Strawberry Ice Cream Ingredients

2 cups half-and-half

1 cup whipping cream

1 1/4 cup sugar 

2 eggs 

1/4 teaspoon vanilla 

3 cups strawberries 

Hint: Your ice cream will freeze quicker if you use fresh frozen strawberries. Start with fresh strawberries and freeze them yourself.

First Step: Strawberries

A food-processor works best for this step, but if you don't have one a blender will work also. Put your 3 cups of strawberries into the food-processor and puree them until no chunks of strawberry are visible. Then place them aside in a bowl for the third step.

Second Step: Whipping Eggs

Take the 2 eggs and whip them until they are as blended and pulverized as possible, and look like the picture to the left.

Third Step: Stirring

Now add to the eggs:

2 cups Half-and-half

1 cup whipping cream

1 1/4 cup sugar 

1/4 teaspoon vanilla

Forth Step: Adding Strawberries

Now add your pureed strawberries and mix them in until they look like the picture to the left. Then prepare your machine and pour your mixture in. Now turn the machine on, or if you have a crank machine, start cranking.

Fifth Step: Strawberry Ice Cream

Once your ice cream has been in the machine for around 25 minutes it should be done. It should look something like the picture to the left. Scoop it out into a container and put it in the freezer. It will become less like soft serve the longer you leave it in the freezer. If you like soft serve ice cream you can eat it right out of the machine. 

If your ice cream comes out soupy, or like a milk shake this means that your ice cream maker's cylinder is not cold enough. If this happens make sure that your cylinder has been in the freezer for the required amount of time, that your freezer is set on its coldest setting, and finally that you start with cold ingredients. You can even start with the fruit frozen. If your ice cream is still soupy pack it in a container and put it in the freezer for a few hours and it should become hard.