Ninja Creami strawberry ice cream
*This recipe uses Australian cups and measures. Use gram and ml for international accuracy.
Ingredients
For the strawberry ice cream:
- 300 g fresh strawberries weighed after hulling (about 350-400g strawberries)
- 125 g white sugar (I use caster sugar, but any white sugar is fine)
- 20-40 ml (1-2 tablespoons)* lemon juice, to your tastes
- 125 g thickened cream (30-35% milk fat – also known as heavy cream, heavy whipping or whipping cream)
Optional flavour boosters:
- Tiny pinch of salt
- ½ teaspoon vanilla bean paste or extract
- 2 cracks of fresh black pepper see body of post
Instructions
- Slice your washed and hulled strawberries and place them in a medium pot with the sugar and lemon juice.
- Cook the mixture on a low medium heat until the mixture is bright red and the strawberries have started to break down. Use a fork to mash the strawberry pieces up and then set the mixture aside to cool. Stir in any optional flavour boosters here.
- Once the mixture is at a hand comfortable temperature, stir in the cream. Stirring it in while the mixture is hot runs the risk of curdling the cream which will make for unpleasant ice cream.
- Decant the mixture into your Ninja Creami 470ml tub. It should come up to just below the fill line.
- Freeze for 24 hours with the lid off before processing the ice cream on the ice cream function. Return any leftovers to the fridge with the lid on.
- I find that this ice cream doesn’t require re-processing when you eat the leftovers. Simply allow it to come to a scoopable temperature on the bench before serving.
Notes
- I haven't tested frozen strawberries in this recipe. I will update the post if I do.
- I have not tested any sugar substitutes in this recipe and have no experience working with them so can't offer any advice.
- The flavour boosters are optional but help to develop the strawberry flavour.
- Because this ice cream is majority strawberries, I recommend using 35% fat cream or thereabouts. Using light cream might result in an icy ice cream.
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