I give our guts a bit of a dairy break come fall, and in the deep of winter our raw milk share decreases so we get even more of a break. It is such a great practice for everyone to rotate food around with the seasons! Come May we are just craving that nutrient dense dairy from cows grazing on fresh spring grasses all day! The taste difference will blow you away if you have never tried! If you can tolerate dairy, I encourage you to go to your local farmers markets and ask around for quality dairy sources! THIS is also a good website to look for local raw dairy in your area.
Fresh Strawberry Ice Cream
Ingredients
- 1 pound organic strawberries
- 2-4 TB raw honey depending on the sweetness of your berries – in season berries will not need as much!
- 1 pint whole organic cream Raw preferable. Just NOT ultrapasturized. (If you are dairy free swap it for whole coconut milk!)
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- ¼ tsp sea salt
- 1 TB tapioca starch You can use 4 pastured egg yolks instead if you can tolerate eggs!
- 1 TB organic vodka this helps the ice cream not get rock hard in the freezer
Instructions
- Puree the strawberries with the honey until well combined.
- Pour the strawberry mixture and the rest of the ingredients into a medium bowl, and using hand beaters, blend the mixture for just under a minute (The air will make it nice and fluffy but don’t go too long or you will have whipped cream!)
- Set the ice cream mixture in the fridge for about 30 minutes.
- Beat the mixture again quickly to combine, and pour into your ice cream maker according to your ice cream maker’s directions. Mine takes about 30 minutes.
- Store ice cream in the freezer. I use empty coconut oil jugs!
Product links in this section are from affiliate partners. There is no extra cost to you, and it helps maintain the site and provide free content to you! Know that I would never recommend a product that I wouldn’t use or feed my family!
Tips:
- Change the fruit to the season! We’ll be making blueberry ice cream this July, peach and cherry ice cream this August, and raspberry ice cream at the end of summer!
- I have just a simple ice cream maker
, and it works great! No need for something fancy, *although* I have my eyes on THIS larger, 2 quart ice cream maker! - I recommend THIS brand of coconut milk as it has no added ingredients and is in a BPA free container.
, and it works great! No need for something fancy, *although* I have my eyes on 
larger, 2 quart ice cream maker!
brand of coconut milk as it has no added ingredients and is in a BPA free container.
Adding the vodka makes so much sense to keep it from getting rock hard…Thank you!!
Interesting fact – I live in Indiana where buying raw milk is illegal. I am not 100% sure but I think they even passed legislation to have raw diary marked as ‘Not fit for human consumption’. Lots of people buy in to milk shares and get their raw milk via that method as it isn’t technically illegal to own a milk share here.
Yes! The splash of vodka makes all the difference! I live in Michigan and raw milk is illegal here to unless through milk share. We love our farmers that provide milk shares though!
Love your blog! Thanks for the great recipe! We shared it on our farmers market page for a focus on seasonal recipes!
Great Tina! Thanks for stopping by!
I’ve been using arrowroot to thicken my ice creams, since my son is allergic to eggs as well. Do you think the tapioca starch is a better product for this? And, is tapioca starch the same thing as tapioca flour? Thanks!
Hi Megan! Arrowroot and tapioca work about the same! So either works fine. I think tapioca ends up a bit less expensive where I live so that is what I usually end up with. And tapioca starch and tapioca flour are the same thing 🙂 I hope that helps!
Is there another option for Vodka as we don’t consume alcohol?
Hi Sheree! You can just leave it out! It will still taste great – you will just have to leave it on the counter for about 15 minutes or so before you scoop it because the alcohol in the vodka keeps it from getting rock hard. No big deal – I leave it out when I don’t have it around.