Description
A creamy ice cream with warm, caramelized strawberries and a bright lime-basil swirl, perfect for summer desserts.
Ingredients
Scale
- 625 g heavy cream
- 250 g whole milk
- 130 g granulated sugar
- 2 Tahitian vanilla beans (split, seeds scraped) or 2 tsp vanilla paste
- 2 tsp corn starch (dissolved in 1–2 tbsp cold milk)
- 1/4 tsp fine salt
- 500 g strawberries, cleaned and left whole
- 45 g granulated sugar (for roasting berries)
- 7 g vanilla paste (or 1/2 vanilla bean equivalent)
- 2 tsp good-quality balsamic vinegar
- 35 g basil leaves, tightly packed
- Juice of 1½ limes (about 2–3 tbsp)
- 2 tbsp Demerara sugar (for the basil-lime syrup)
- 1 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil (optional, for roasting)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 200°C (400°F). Line a baking tray with parchment.
- Toss the strawberries with sugar, vanilla paste, balsamic, and olive oil. Spread in a single layer and roast for 18–25 minutes until softened and slightly caramelized. Let cool; reserve juices.
- Prepare the vanilla base: warm heavy cream, whole milk, sugar, vanilla beans, and salt until tiny bubbles form at the edge (do not boil).
- Dissolve the cornstarch into cold milk to make a slurry. Temper: remove hot milk, whisk into the slurry, then pour back into saucepan, stirring constantly. Return to low simmer for 1–2 minutes until thick.
- Chill the custard quickly in an ice bath, stirring occasionally until under 5°C, or chill overnight.
- Make the sweet lime-basil syrup: bruise basil with Demerara sugar and lime juice in a mortar, or blitz briefly in a blender.
- Churn the chilled custard in an ice-cream maker until thick but still soft.
- Layer ice cream, roasted strawberries (and juices), and basil-lime syrup in a container, swirling gently. Freeze for 4–6 hours until firm.
Notes
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 25 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Churning
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1/2 cup
- Calories: 350
- Sugar: 25g
- Sodium: 50mg
- Fat: 25g
- Saturated Fat: 15g
- Unsaturated Fat: 8g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 30g
- Fiber: 2g
- Protein: 4g
- Cholesterol: 80mg
Keywords: Summer Treat