Strawberry ice cream

This is (no surprise) another modified recipe, this time from the recipe in the booklet that came with our ice cream maker.

I made a couple of mistakes with this, and it was still AMAZING.  

(Please note: UPDATED recipe here!)

Ingredients

• 300g strawberries, stemmed and sliced
• 1 tbsp lemon juice
• 460 ml single cream
• 150g granulated sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla extract

Method

•  In a small bowl, combine the strawberries, lemon juice, and 50g (or all? *cough* *cough*) of the sugar.  Mix gently but well.  Cover and let stand in the refrigerator for at least two hours. 

• Strain the strawberries and reserve the liquid.  Remove half the strawberries and set aside.  Mash the other half of the strawberries.  Add the reserved liquid.  

• Pour app. 160ml of the cream into a medium bowl with the remaining sugar and whisk until the sugar has dissolved.  Add the rest of the cream, mashed strawberries, and vanilla, and mix well.  (Note: because I had added all the sugar at the beginning, I had none to add here.  It hadn't all dissolved, so I ended up whisking the complete mixture -- which was fine, and led to the sugar being either dissolved or so well-blended I couldn't tell the difference.)  

• Cover and refrigerate for at least two hours, preferably overnight. 

• Follow the instructions on your ice cream maker if that's what you're using.   

• About five minutes before the end, add the reserved strawberries and allow to mix in.

Notes

• It's January in Scotland.  I used frozen strawberries from the grocery store, which I thawed in the refrigerator overnight, then sliced.  
• I made a mistake and combined all the sugar with the strawberries at once.  It seems to have worked out just fine.  
• I have no idea if I remembered the vanilla or not -- I think I didn't.  The ice cream was still amazing.  
• The ice cream was even more amazing, which I didn't think was possible, with this topping: https://www.cooks.com/recipe/en8602mn/hot-fudge-sauce-for-ice-cream.html 

 IT WAS SO GOOD.

Enjoy!!