Strawberry Mint Ice Cream

Name: Strawberry Mint Ice Cream
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 3 larges egg yolks; 28 grams package fresh mint; 473 milliliters half-and-half; 296 milliliters 2% reduced-fat milk; 473 milliliters fresh strawberries, chopped; 355 milliliters sugar, divided; 118 milliliters water

Strawberry Mint Ice Cream is a gluten free and vegetarian recipe with 8 servings. One serving contains 278 calories, 4g of protein, and 10g of fat. This recipe covers 7% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Mother's Day will be even more special with this recipe. Head to the store and pick up strawberries, sugar, half-and-half, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 45 minutes.

Instructions

Combine half-and-half and milk in a heavy saucepan; bring to a boil.

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Milk

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Sauce Pan

Combine 1/2 cup sugar and egg yolks; beat with a mixer at high speed until thick and pale. Gradually add half of hot milk mixture to yolk mixture, stirring constantly with a whisk. Return milk mixture to pan. Reduce heat to medium-low, and cook 2 minutes or until a thermometer registers 160, stirring constantly.

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Egg Yolk

Sugar

Milk

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Kitchen Thermometer

Blender

Whisk

Frying Pan

Remove from heat.

Place pan in a large ice-filled bowl. Cool milk mixture completely, stirring occasionally.

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Milk

Ice

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Bowl

Frying Pan

Combine remaining 1 cup sugar and 1/2 cup water in a microwave-safe dish; microwave at high 2 1/2 minutes or until sugar dissolves.

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Sugar

Water

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Microwave

Add mint to hot syrup; steep for 5 minutes.

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Syrup

Mint

Remove mint; discard.

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Mint

Pour syrup over berries; let stand for 20 minutes.

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Berries

Syrup

Add berries and syrup to milk mixture; stir well. Cover and chill, stirring occasionally.

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Berries

Syrup

Milk

Pour mixture into the freezer can of an ice-cream freezer, and freeze according to manufacturer's instructions. Spoon the ice cream into a freezer-safe container; cover and freeze for 1 hour or until firm.

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Ice Cream