Strawberry Gelato
Makes 1½ quarts
Ingredients
For Gelato
- 2 cups strawberries, hulled, rinsed & sliced
- ½ cup honey
- ½ vanilla bean pod, split
- ½ cinnamon stick
- 2 cups heavy cream
- fresh strawberries to serve (optional)
Equipment
- ice cream maker
How-to
- Place the strawberries, honey, cinnamon stick and vanilla bean in a small saucepan. Bring to a simmer over medium heat, cover and cook 5-7 minutes
- Remove from heat, let cool slightly, then refrigerate until completely cold
- Remove cinnamon stick & vanilla bean from the strawberry syrup
- Stir in the heavy cream
- Place the strawberry-cream mixture into an ice cream maker (any home model will do)
- Process according to manufacturer's instructions, until the mixture reaches a batter-like consistency (it will also increase in volume by about 30%-40%). This will take about 15 minutes
- Transfer the semi-frozen gelato to another container
- Cover & freeze for at least 6 hours before serving. Scoop and serve with fresh strawberries (optional)