Creamy and sweet, this vanilla bean no churn ice cream is so easy and delicious! Since it’s strawberry season, add some fresh strawberry sauce. So good!
Years and years ago, we were living in a small oilfield town in Brazil, about three hours up the coast from Rio de Janeiro. Shopping was a challenge but I managed to find most things we loved or I figured out how to make them myself. (Looking at you, bagels, for one!)
Ice cream was readily available but it was ridiculously expensive so I asked my sister to bring me an ice cream maker the next time she visited. This was before the days of fancy ice cream makers you just plugged in. The one she brought was a modern electric version of the old hand-cranked kind that needed rock salt.
I was so excited when she and the machine arrived! My bubble was burst when I discovered that rock salt was hard to come by and the cost of cream was the reason ice cream was so expensive! It would cost me more to make my own than to buy the overpriced supermarket stuff. Deep sigh.
It was the very early days of the internet so I didn’t know about no churn ice cream. Now I’m delighted by the plethora of no churn recipes and I live where cream is affordable. Good times!
Vanilla Bean No Churn Ice Cream with Fresh Strawberry Sauce
Can you serve this ice cream plain or with another sauce? Absolutely! I include the fresh strawberry sauce recipe because it complements the sweet ice cream beautifully but it’s also lovely for strawberry shortcake. Maybe it should get its own post for that.
Ingredients
For the vanilla bean ice cream:
I vanilla bean
1 can (14 oz or 397g) sweetened condensed milk
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 cups or 480ml heavy cream
For the strawberry sauce:
14oz or 397g fresh strawberries
⅓ cup or 66g sugar
1 tablespoon lemon juice
2 teaspoons cornstarch
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Method
Split and use a spoon to scrape the tiny bits from inside your vanilla bean.
Add them to the condensed milk in a mixing bowl allong with the vanilla extract and stir well.
Whip the cream until stiff peaks form.
Gently fold the condensed milk into the whipped cream.
Line a loaf pan with cling film and spoon the mixture into it. Put a spoon or two in each corner first so you can straighten out the cling film.
Then pour the rest in and smooth the top.
Cover loosely with more cling film then freeze your vanilla bean ice cream in the loaf pan for at least 6 hours.
To make the strawberry topping, hull the strawberries.
Rinse the strawberries well with cool water and spin them dry.
Cut the large ones in quarters, the medium ones in half and leave any smaller ones whole. Please don't skip this step. Strawberries have little hairs (called styles) that need to be cleaned off, not to mention the potential chemicals that might have been used.
Combine the strawberries and sugar in a medium pot.
Cook over a medium heat until the sugar dissolves, stirring often. This takes just a few minutes.
In a small bowl, whisk together the lemon juice, vanilla extract and cornstarch.
Pour the mixture over the strawberries and stir well.
Bring to a boil once over medium-high heat, then reduce to medium heat and simmer sauce until berries are soft and juices have thickened slightly, about 5 minutes for a chunky topping.
Decant to a bowl and refrigerate, covered with cling film, until ready to serve.
When the vanilla bean ice cream is sufficiently frozen, remove the pan from the freezer.
Use the cling film lining to remove the ice cream from the pan to a cutting board. Warm your knife in hot water and cut slices of the ice cream to serve.
Top each slice of ice cream with chilled fresh strawberry sauce. Rewrap any leftover ice cream and pop it back in the freezer.
Enjoy!
It’s Sunday FunDay. I’m hosting and today we are celebrating National Ice Cream Month! Check out all the ice cream recipes we are sharing below.
- Eggless Homemade Butterscotch Ice Cream from Sneha's Recipe
- Healthy Chocolate Shake from A Day in the Life on the Farm
- Low Sugar Strawberry No Churn Ice Cream from Our Good Life
- Milk Chocolate Ice Cream from Karen's Kitchen Stories
- No Churn Oreo Ice Cream from Cook with Renu
- Orange Creamsicle No Churn Ice Cream from Amy's Cooking Adventures
- Vanilla Bean No Churn Ice Cream with Fresh Strawberry Sauce from Food Lust People Love
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