Very Berry Strawberry

The deep red color of strawberries can brighten up both the taste and aesthetics of any meal. Strawberries have higher levels of vitamin C, fiber, folate and potassium than most other fruits like bananas, apples and even oranges. Source:whfoods

Ever since Maheshwari announced "Strawberries" as the Fruit of the month, I've been trying various permutations and combinations with strawberries – jam, sauce, soup (yes, you read that right!), mocktails, shakes, sandwiches, cake…. Finally I decided to send in my entry for Strawberry Icecream. (Recipe source: Veena Kapoor)

For the Basic Icecream you need:
½ litre whole milk
3 tbsp + 1 tsp milk powder
1 tbsp + 1 tsp GMS powder
1/8 tsp CMC powder
7 tbsp sugar
1 tsp liquid glucose

Boil the milk. Remove ½ cup of milk and add milk powder, GMS, CMC and sugar and churn well. Add this to the remaining milk. Add the liquid glucose and oil the milk mixture for 5 minutes. Cool the milk stirring continuously. Pour it into a container with an air tight lid and freeze till set.
Note: Ice crystals should not form. The container must be air tight.

For the strawberry flavour:
1 cup heaped strawberry chopped
2-3 tbsp sugar – adjust according to sweetness of the berries
A drop of strawberry/rose essence

Cook the berries for 2-3 minutes with sugar, mashing continuously. Take the basic icecream from the freezer and cut into small pieces. Add ½ cup cream and churn till soft and fluffy. Add the berries and essence and churn for a minute. Pour into the container, cover tightly and freeze till set.

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