If strawberries are ripe and very sweet, no additional sugar is needed to make terrific ice cream. This recipe has just two ingredients! You need an ice cream maker. Taste the base and see if you need stevia, monk fruit or a little sugar.
1 ½poundsfresh strawberries stemmed, washed and quarteredabout 4 cups
14ouncecan sweetened condensed milk
6ouncesfresh strawberries stemmed, washed and diced smallabout 1 cup for adding at end
Optional Sweeteners
a little monk fruit or sugar for sweetness if needed
Instructions
Puree 4 cups of strawberries in a food processor or blender. Add sweetened condensed milk and puree together to make the ice cream base. Place a fine sieve over a large bowl and pour the ice cream base into the sieve. With a large ladle push the ice cream base through the sieve to remove the strawberry seeds and refine the base. Taste the base for sweetness and add if you want to. Sweetness will depend on the ripeness of the berries.
Chill the base in the refrigerator until very cold. Process the ice cream base in an ice cream maker according to manufacturer directions. Towards the end of the freezing process, add 1 cup of diced strawberries or fold in by hand. Ice cream will be soft when finished. Place ice cream in the freezer for several hours to firm up.