This Strawberry Cheesecake Ice Cream is the ultimate summery ice cream flavor! This recipe is easy to make and comes together in just minutes in the blender. It’s loaded with fresh strawberry flavor which combines so well with cheesecake flavor. It’s naturally gluten free, the perfect crowd pleaser for a backyard bbq, and kid go crazy for it!
The strawberries are finally ripe in our garden! I wait all year long for these couple of weeks, and then it’s strawberries for every meal of the day! Today we’re combining two of my favorite desserts – cheesecake and strawberries.
In these hot days of summer, ice cream seems to be just the thing I’m craving. Cheesecake ice cream gives you the best of both worlds: the cheesecake flavor without having to turn on the oven!
Let’s dive in and talk about this Strawberry Cheesecake Ice Cream recipe!
Berries fresh from the garden, are one of the most elemental pleasures in the world of food. Perfectly sun warmed, sweet, and juicy: there’s nothing quite like them.
I like nothing better than to sit down with a big bowlful, and eat until I can’t eat anymore (repeat day after day until strawberry season is over)! But once you’ve had your fill, you’ll most definitely want to make this ice cream.
First, wash and hull the strawberries for the ice cream base.
Place all of the ingredients for the ice cream in the blender and blend until smooth. If your honey is crystalized, melt it over low heat until it’s liquid again. After blending, place the ice cream base in the refrigerator to chill.
This can take a couple of hours, depending on the temperature of your ingredients to start with. My strawberries were at room temperature, so it took about 3 hours to chill.
If you have an abundance of strawberries, slice some extras to go on top of the ice cream.
Here’s a look at the texture of your ice cream when it’s finished.
Enjoy the summer bliss!
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Strawberry Cheesecake Ice Cream
- Total Time: 15 mins
- Yield: 4 servings 1x
- Diet: Gluten Free
Description
This Strawberry Cheesecake Ice Cream is the ultimate summery ice cream flavor! It’s easy to make and comes together in just minutes in the blender. It’s loaded with fresh strawberry flavor which combines so well with cheesecake flavor. It’s naturally gluten free, the perfect crowd pleaser for a backyard bbq, and kid go crazy for it!
Ingredients
1 – 8 ounce pkg cream cheese
1 cup half and half
1/2 cup heavy cream
4 cups (1 pound) strawberries
1/2 cup honey
2 Teaspoons of vanilla
pinch of sea salt
Instructions
Place the cream cheese, half and half, and heavy cream in the blender.
Wash and hull the strawberries. Place them in the blender with the honey, vanilla, and sea salt.
Blend until smooth and place in the refrigerator until chilled, 3-4 hours.
Pour into a 2-quart ice cream maker and freeze until the mixture thickens enough to hold on a spoon.
You can serve the ice cream immediately, or scrape it into a bowl and freeze for 3-4 hours until it’s firmer.
- Prep Time: 15 mins
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Blending
- Cuisine: American
Keywords: Strawberry Cheesecake Ice Cream Recipe, Easy Strawberry Cheesecake Ice Cream
What’s half and half?
Half and Half can go by some other names, and it can be confusing. The easiest way to purchase the right product is by the fat percentage, half and half is between 10% – 12%. I hope you enjoy the ice cream!
OH yum yummy!
Mmmm! Ben & Jerry’s strawberry cheesecake ice cream is my favorite! I’m excited to see your recipe without the gluten and sugar (and other stuff!) and want to try it soon. And your garden-fresh strawberries are beautifu!l I bet they taste better than those in the plastic cartons in the grocery, too!
We’re so lucky to have garden strawberries, they’re so much sweeter than the store variety. In fact, that reminds me to make a note on the recipe.