
Anyone with a sweet tooth and a long summer
day ahead will love to keep busy making their own ice cream.
What fun for the kids to make!
Roll-The-Can
Ice Cream
- 1 cup heavy cream
1 cup half-and-half
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
6 cups crushed ice
2 cups coarse salt
1/3 cup sliced, hulled and cleaned strawberries
- Thoroughly clean a large
and a small coffee can with lids.
- In smaller can, combine
cream, half-and-half, sugar and vanilla. Cover with lid and place
in the center of larger can. Pack 3 cups ice around smaller can
along with 1 cup salt.
- Roll can back and forth
across a hard, level surface for 10 minutes. With a spatula,
scrape ice cream to center and stir in strawberries. Repack larger
can with remaining ice and salt. Continue rolling until firm,
about 5 minutes. Keep frozen.
- Makes about one quart
of ice cream.
Makes 4 servings.
Tip: You can use other
types of ripe, soft-fleshed fruit, finely chopped or sliced.