Ingredients

• 2 cups cream, half and half or milkp
• 1/2 cup buttermilk
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 pinch of salt
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 3 Tablespoons cornstarch
• heaping 1/2 cup sliced and diced strawberries (optional 1 Tablespoon sugar)

Preparation Method

• Rinse strawberries under cool water and slice.


• Create a mixture of sliced and diced strawberry pieces.


• If you find that the strawberries aren’t very sweet, you can toss the sliced strawberries in 1 Tablespoon of granulated sugar and set aside until ready for the ice cream.


• Put 1 1/2 cups of cream or milk into a small sauce pan.


• Add the sugar and salt and heat the milk over medium low heat.


• Keep and eye on the milk, stirring often so that the bottom of the pan doesn’t get any burned milk bits.


• While the milk is heating, measure out the buttermilk and vanilla extract and set aside


• . Also measure out the remaining 1/2 cup of milk or cream.


• Stir the cornstarch into this 1/2 cup of milk, until smooth and no lumps remain.


• The milk on the stove should be hot and steaming.


• The milk does not need to boil, it just needs to be steaming.


• With the milk over a medium low flame, stir in the milk and cornstarch mixture.


• Stir the milk constantly until you begin to feel it thicken.


• The milk mixture should look like the above picture after it has been thickened by cornstarch.


• Once the cornstarch is added to the milk it only takes a minute or two to thicken up.


• Once the milk mixture is thick, remove from the heat and add vanilla extract and 1/2 cup of buttermilk.


• Stir to incorporate.


• Strain the warm milk mixture into a mixing bowl, cover in plastic wrap and allow to cool in the refrigerator for 2 hours.


• Once the mixture is cooled, remove from the refrigerator and stir in the sliced and diced strawberries.


• Follow the instructions on your ice cream maker and make some delicious ice cream!

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