Last year I started thinking about all the fresh berries I can get at the Farmer’s Market, and how I often have trouble using them all.

“You know what would be awesome?” I said to myself. “Using them to make homemade ice cream!”
“Self,” I said, “That is a genius idea.”

This was our first attempt at making ice cream. I made strawberry ice cream, from Ben & Jerry’s Homemade Ice Cream & Dessert Book.

Ingredients for the ice cream were: heavy cream, sugar, CreamLine whole milk (which we can get locally! In GLASS BOTTLES!). The strawberry puree was: strawberries, sugar, lemon juice.

Mash the strawberries with the lemon juice and sugar:

Whisk the sugar into the heavy cream, then add in the whole milk.

I strained the strawberries, and added the juice in after the whole milk.

Pour into the running ice cream maker:

The recipe, helpfully, says, “about two minutes before the ice cream is done, add in the strawberry puree. I just guessed.

Is it done yet? Is it done yet?

Looks done to me!

YUMMY!

Next up, lemon frozen yogurt.