The children, however, took no notice of this. So in a motherly effort, I asked if they wanted to try making ice-cream. It was a unanimous yes. We made use of the 1.4kg of strawberries that we purchased at Costco last week.
The process was relatively simple. What took a long time was the cooling of the custard mixture. It had to be in the fridge for at least several hours for the ice-cream maker to work properly. We started making the ice-cream in the morning and didn't finish it until 6pm! I also substituted thickened cream for double cream and halved the cream mixture as well as reducing the sugar in an attempt to make it healthier. Fortunately it worked! The ice-cream was a hit!
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| Hulling the strawberries |
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| Heating up the milk and cream |
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| Making the custard mixture |
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| Lara happy to keep time |
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| Elliot doing the stirring |
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| The cooled custard mixture |
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| Straining the strawberry puree |
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| The ice-cream maker churning away |
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| Hmmm...a little boy trying to lick the mixture on top of the ice-cream maker |
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| The final product....Mmmm |
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