Vanilla ice cream with marinated strawberries

AUTHOR
Valentine Lee
DIFFICULTY
very easy
RATING
4 5
COOK TIME
35 mins
TOTAL TIME
35 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 4
  • 1 Vanilla pod
  • 250 ml Milk
  • 5 Egg yolk (size M)
  • 100 g Sugar
  • 375 g Whipped cream
  • 250 g Strawberries
  • 1 package Vanillin sugar
  • 7-10 Tbsp juice of 1/2 lemon
  • 2 TABLESPOONS Orange juice
  • 2 stem(s) Basil
  • 2-3 TABLESPOONS Balsamic cream

Directions

  1. 1

    Cut the vanilla pod lengthwise and carefully scrape out the pulp with the back of a knife. Heat the milk, vanilla pod and pulp in a pot, bring to the boil and take it down. Remove the pod from the milk.

  2. 2

    In a large metal bowl, beat the egg yolks and sugar with a whisk until creamy. Pour vanilla milk over a hot water bath and gradually add it to the egg mixture, beating it with a whisk until creamy.

  3. 3

    Take the bowl down and put it in cold water. Continue beating for about 4 minutes until the mixture has cooled down a little. Let it cool down.

  4. 4

    Whip the cream with the whisks of the hand mixer until stiff, carefully fold into the vanilla mixture. Leave to freeze for at least 4 hours, preferably overnight, or put in an ice-cream maker.

  5. 5

    Wash, clean and quarter the strawberries. For the marinade, mix vanilla sugar, lemon juice and orange juice. Add strawberries to the marinade and leave to soak for approx. 1 hour. Wash the basil, shake dry.

  6. 6

    Pluck the leaves from the stems and chop them finely. Arrange strawberries and 1 scoop of vanilla ice cream on plates. Sprinkle with basil and decorate with balsamic cream.

Nutrition Facts

KCAL
300 kcal
CARBS
24 g
FATS
20 g
PROTEINS
5 g