A simple ice cream making the most of summer's bounty of fresh fruit. Strawberries are blitzed with ripe banana and a drizzle of honey before being stirred into a smooth custard. Because there's no refined sugar, this ice cream is a little icier than the classic so take out the freezer to soften for around 10 minutes before serving.
Ingredients
300ml whole milk
300ml double cream
1 vanilla pod, seeds scraped
5 large egg yolks
500g strawberries
1 ripe banana
4 tbsp honey
Instructions
In a medium saucepan, combine the milk, cream and vanilla pod and seeds. Warm over a gentle heat until the mixture begins to simmer then remove and allow to steep for 15 minutes. Remove the vanilla pod.
In a medium bowl, whisk the egg yolks. Gently warm the milk mixture again then whisk into the egg yolks. Return the whole mixture to your saucepan and cook over a gentle heat, stirring regularly, until you have a thick, smooth custard, about 10 minutes. Leave to cool at room temperature.
Blitz the strawberries, banana and honey in a blender, then stir into the cooled custard. Refrigerate for a minimum of 2 hours.
Churn the mixture in an ice cream machine the transfer to a freezeable contain. Remove from the freezer 10 minutes before serving to allow to soften.
Recipe by thelittleloaf at http://www.thelittleloaf.com/2018/07/09/strawberry-ice-cream/