16 Reviews of Strawberry Ice Cream Like Ben and Jerry's

From: jkirch

On Jul 25, 2005

I made this ice cream over the weekend, and was very happy with the results. The strawberry flavor is not saturated; it's actually quite light and compliments the chopped strawberries well. I served this at a BBQ, and was told that this was professional quality ice cream. Will definitely be making this one again.

From: Lennie

On Jul 11, 2005

THIS is what strawberry ice cream is supposed to taste like, not that pink supermarket stuff! Even though I was forced to make a major adjustment due to an unexpected shortfall of an important ingredient, this ice cream ranks among the best I've tasted, homemade or storebought! I did have farm-fresh strawberries, of course, which undoubtedly helped and which I highly recommend if you can obtain them. In Step 1, I refrigerated overnight, not one hour (I recommend chopping the strawberries up quite small, btw); this appeared not to harm the berries at all. Step 5 was where my problem started: into my two-cup measure I poured the whipping cream, only to have the carton empty at just 3/4 cup. Uh-oh. Look in fridge for light cream and find none. Get out whole milk and reluctantly start adding that. Have the carton empty at the 1 2/3 cup line. VERY reluctantly use 1% milk to top off to get to the 2 cups. After combining, I chilled this mixture for about an hour in the fridge, then I let my Cuisinart ice cream maker churn for 30 minutes, and the resulting ice cream, while a pretty colour, was still very, very thin and soft. Worry. But after just a few hours of time in the freezer, the end result has turned out be an ice cream that's not too rich or heavy, with a luscious strawberry flavour. A winner I would definitely serve to company. Thank you so much for posting this recipe; I can't wait to make it again!

From: Ty's Kitchen

On Jul 25, 2008

I used 2 cups of sliced strawberries which was a little too much since my ice cream maker overflowed ... wasn't too bad because the spill was easy to lick up!

From: Chef #712815

On Aug 31, 2008

Excellent—I tried 5 recipes from recipezaar & this was everybody's favorite.

From: Khadija

On Oct 3, 2006

I wish I could give this recipe atleast 6 stars!! This was really good and tasted just like Ben n Jerrys!! I substituted unsweetened frozen strawberries for the fresh and it worked like a charm!! I will be making this icecream often! Thank you so much for posting this recipe PCrocker!!

From: Chef #370603

On Jul 19, 2007

My family loved this icecream. It was flavorful but light. Delicious. Next, time to enhance the flavor I may add a little pureed stawberries.

From: Mymble

On Jun 23, 2005

This is a delicious standard for strawberry ice cream! I don't care for hard chunks of frozen strawberry in my ice cream, so I pureed the strawberries before mixing (I had about 3/4 cup in a liquid measure, I think). I removed about a half cup of final custard to make it the right amount for my 1 quart ice cream maker; I could probably scale the ingredients down slightly next time. I also chilled the final custard for a couple of hours before freezing. Thanks for posting this!

From: Chef #494084

On Sep 23, 2007

I made a double batch. Oops. Well, I say oops not because I regretted for even a second having more of this dreamy iced treat around but only because it didn't fit in my machine. I had to make it in 2 batches. I made this exactly as written except that I used frozen whole berrieis (1 lb for the total recipe) and skim milk for the milk part. Instead of cutting up the berries I put the whole berries with the sugar and lemon in the fridge overnight and then mashed them with a masher before putting them into the mix. I won't change a thing next time I make this....and I will make it again!

From: Bev

On Apr 30, 2006

This is what homemade ice cream should taste like! Full of wonderful strawberry flavor and rich and deliciously creamy : ) This is a very simple recipe to follow and provides some very tasty results : ) I followed the instructions to the letter. I know with strawberry season almost in full swing, I will be making this recipe a lot! Thanks so much for sharing this recipe, PCrocker!

From: tunasushi

On Jun 22, 2006

Got this from my B&J's book. But I find that ALL the B&J's recipes melt rapidly, So I always make my own changes to it.Used 1 1/2 cups low fat milk, 3/4 cup whipping cream and 3/4 cup extra light cream. Also used 4 egg yolks instead of 2 eggs. I was wondering why it didnt turn out lovely and bright pink, and resisted adding red food colouring. It has a nice subtle berry taste and I also pureed all the strawberries thoroughly