Fresh Strawberry Ice Cream

Ingredients

* 1 quart fresh strawberries, washed, stemmed and quartered
* 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
* 4 cups half-and-half
* 1 cup granulated sugar
* 1/2 vanilla bean, split in half and scraped
* 6 egg yolks

Directions

In a food processor or blender, combine the strawberries and 1/2 cup of the sugar. Process until smooth. In a saucepan, over medium heat, combine the half-and-half and sugar. Bring to a simmer. In a small mixing bowl, whisk the egg yolks until smooth. Add 1 cup of the hot liquid to the egg yolks and whisk until smooth. Add the yolk mixture to the saucepan of liquid and whisk until incorporated. Bring the liquid back to simmer and continue to cook for 4 to 6 minutes or until the mixture coats the back of a spoon. Remove from the heat and stir in the strawberries. Whisk until smooth. Pour the mixture into a glass bowl and place a piece of plastic wrap directly on top of the mixture. This will prevent a skin from forming while cooling. Cool the mixture completely. Process the mixture according the ice cream machines instructions.

ENV SCI RECIPE:
I choose this recipe because it seems simple enough to cook in class (in the short time and lack of resources that we have). My group and I discussed doing ice cream so I picked a ice cream recipe. There's a way to make this without having to use an ice cream maker. There's very few ingredients. And you can add whatever you want to the ice cream (toppings)syrup, nuts...etc.