Homemade Strawberry Ice Cream | Healthy Home Economist

How to make strawberry ice cream with lightly cultured strawberries and zero added sugar for a healthy, probiotic treat. Makes great milkshakes too!

I promised that I would post a healthy dessert to make with my cultured strawberries recipe from a few months ago!

This recipe is so easy if you took the plunge during strawberry season and preserved a bunch using the simple process of home fermentation, which adds probiotics, enzymes, and enhanced nutritional value.

All you have to do to make this delicious strawberry ice cream is blend a pint of heavy cream with a batch of cultured strawberries and churn it for 30 minutes in your ice cream maker!

Fresh or Fermented Strawberries?

If you would like to make this recipe using fresh strawberries versus the fermented fruit in the recipe below, here is the method I would suggest:

Cut the whole strawberries into quarters after removing the green tops and lightly mash them with 1/4 cup raw honey. Add this mixture to the ice cream maker with the heavy cream.

Another tip is to always source organic strawberries, as this is a highly sprayed conventional crop. Strawberries often rank #1 on the Dirty Dozen annual list of the most toxic conventional produce.

Also, avoid hydroponic (oversized and waterlogged) strawberries as they have little flavor compared to smaller strawberries grown in rich soil by local farms.

Probiotic Strawberry Ice Cream

How to make strawberry ice cream with lightly cultured strawberries and zero added sugar for a healthy, probiotic treat. Makes great milkshakes too!

Instructions

1. Pour the ingredients in an ice cream machine.

2. Churn for about 30 minutes or according to the directions for the specific model of ice cream maker you use.

3. Remove cultured strawberry ice cream from the ice cream maker into a shallow glass dish (easier to scoop out later).

   **Use a wooden spoon to scrape out the ice cream stuck to the sides of the ice cream maker to avoid scratching it, which could put toxic metal particles into your ice cream!

4. Place container in the freezer with a tight-fitting lid. Enjoy your healthy, delicious, probiotic treat!

Nutrition Facts

Probiotic Strawberry Ice Cream

Amount Per Serving (0.5 cup)

Calories 332
Calories from Fat 216

% Daily Value*

Fat 24g37%

Saturated Fat 16.7g84%

Polyunsaturated Fat 0.3g

Monounsaturated Fat 7g

Cholesterol 100mg33%

Potassium 176mg5%

Carbohydrates 28g9%

Fiber 4g16%

Protein 1g2%

Vitamin A 900IU18%

Vitamin C 50mg61%

Calcium 320mg32%

Iron 0.4mg2%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.