Strawberry Chocolate Chip Ice Cream

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Churned with a fresh strawberry sauce and lots of chocolate chip pieces, this strawberry chocolate chip ice cream is dreamy with fresh summer strawberries!

Prep Time 30

Chill Time 3

Total Time 3 30

Servings servings (1-1/2 quarts ice cream)

Calories 414kcal

Ingredients

Strawberry Sauce

1-1/2 cups finely-diced fresh or frozen strawberries
2 tablespoons granulated sugar
1 teaspoon lemon juice

Ice Cream

3 cups 2% or skim milk
1 cup (200g) granulated sugar
2 large egg yolks
1-1/2 cups heavy whipping cream
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
Pinch salt
1/2 cup semisweet or dark chocolate chunks

Instructions

Strawberry Sauce

Combine all sauce ingredients in a small saucepan and bring to a simmer over medium heat. Allow sauce to simmer 3-5 minutes until strawberries are slightly reduced and thickened, stirring occasionally.
Allow strawberry sauce to cool completely in refrigerator.

Ice Cream

Heat 1 cup milk and sugar in a small saucepan over medium heat until sugar is dissolved, whisking frequently (do not allow to boil). Remove milk mixture from heat and whisk gradually whisk 1/2 cup into egg yolks. Add all of the egg yolk mixture back to milk in pan and whisk well until smooth. Cool milk mixture in refrigerator 1 hour.
Once milk mixture is cooled, pour into a medium bowl and whisk in remaining milk, heavy cream, vanilla, and a pinch of salt.
Transfer cream mixture to an ice cream maker and churn ice cream according to manufacturers directions. Add cooled strawberry sauce and chocolate to ice cream during last 10 minutes of churning to mix into the ice cream.
Serve ice cream straight out of the maker for a soft-serve style or transfer churned ice cream to a 2-qt container and freeze 1-2 hours for more firm scoops. Enjoy!

Notes

Storing Instructions

Store ice cream in freezer up to 1 week.

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