Strawberry ice cream

Yield: 1 servings

Measure Ingredient
1 quart Fresh, ripe strawberries
1¼ cup Sugar
3 \N Eggs
1 pinch Salt
1 pint Heavy cream
½ cup Milk
2 teaspoons Vanilla extract or flavor

Wash, hull and finely chop or puree' the berries. Add ¾ c. of the sugar and combine & mix well. Cover and refrigerate for 24 hrs. or overnight. For best results, stop here and continue next day. If you absolutely can't wait, then:

While berries are chilling, make custard base. Beat eggs and salt with remaining ½ c. sugar in large bowl of elec. mixer until very thick and lemon colored. As eggs are beating, heat milk and cream to just below boiling. Remove from heat. Reduce mixer speed to low.

Gradually beat in ½ of heated mixture. Stop mixer. Stir contents of mixing bowl into saucepan of heated milk and return to med-low heat and cook, stirring untill custard coats metal spoon. Remove from heat and set pan in sink containing cold water to stop cooking.

Cool the custard, stir in the vanilla and chill thoroughly. Combine with sugared berries and pour into ice cream freezer. Follow manufacturer's suggestions for freezing. Enjoy!! Yield: abt 1½ quarts.

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