Order In Chaos

Strawberry Ice-Cream

Start with a large bowl full of beautiful fresh strawberries from your garden:

Bask in the ruby red richness:

Give them a wash (to get the dirt off, since you’re not worried about pesticides from your own garden), and measure out a cup of tipped and sliced berries:

Add a 1/2 cup sugar:

Add 1 cup whole milk (we only drink the “good” stuff at our house—skim is for sissies!)

And 1 cup whipping cream. Mmmmmmmm:

…give it a buzz (or put it in a blender)

…until it pinks up and you find a texture you like:

Pour the mix into the ice-cream maker, while little fingers wait eagerly for drips:

Make sure you give those cute fingers something sweet to mop up:

Transfer from ice-cream canister to freezer storage canister (I usually use something plastic, but the mason jar was handy tonight):

—You know your strawberry ice-cream is fresh when the pips in the ice-cream are still green:

Serve with a fresh sun-warmed strawberry:

…or two. And feel free to enjoy this ice-cream in small bites with an elegant spoon:

…or with a straw:

…or shove the bowl fully over your shnoz and lick every last drop:

Because you know you’ll want to!

Recipe:

Strawberry Ice-Cream (Makes about 4 cups of very creamy ice-cream)

1 c sliced berries

1/2 c sugar

1 c whole milk

1 c whipping cream

pinch salt (optional)

Blend up ingredients (just enough to get a good consistency, try to avoid turning the whipping cream into butter). Add to ice-cream maker using your ice-cream maker’s instructions (we have a little one with a canister we keep in the freezer—I love it!). Serve with sun-warmed garden berries and you’ll feel like royalty…even while you are licking the bowl out with your tongue!