Strawberry Cheesecake Ice Cream – This ice cream tastes like the best slice of strawberry cheesecake! It is the PERFECT summer treat!
Hi, can I speak to Spring? Hello, Spring!?! SPRING!!! Please baby girl, pick up, we need you! 45 degrees in the middle of May? Come on, already!
(There was some talk about global warming – is that why we have to deal with Spring’s bipolar issues? Just wondering.)
Well whether the weather (say that again? whether the weather 
) decides to behave as it should, or not, I am still going forward with my scheduled summery recipe. Besides, ice cream is always in season. 
By now I really thought that this weather would be screaming for ice cream. I thought that Ana and I would be in the backyard playing in her kiddie pool, sipping on some drinks, watering the garden, and eating ice cream on the patio. My ice cream in a bowl, and hers in a cone. Not happening, yet.
Strawberry Cheesecake Ice Cream
The recipe for this cheesecake ice cream comes from David Lebovitz’s book, The Perfect Scoop. I was just looking for a creamy ice cream that didn’t include for me to sit above the stove and cook up a custard – asking for too much? I don’t think so. I almost always skip the ice cream and make frozen yogurt, but this recipe was too good for me to pass up because you can’t talk about rich and creamy ice cream until you try this scoop of deliciousness!
And just for kicks and giggles, I added some strawberries.
Strawberry Cheesecake Ice Cream
Ingredients
- 8 ounces 1 package cream cheese
- 1 lemon zested
- 1 cup sour cream
- 1/2 cup half-and-half I used heavy whipping cream
- 2/3 cup sugar
- pinch salt
- 1/2 cup chopped strawberries if you like more berries, add another 1/2 cup
Instructions
- Cut the cream cheese into pieces.
- Put all ingredients, excluding the strawberries, into a food processor or blender.
- Mix until smooth.
- Put the mixture into the refrigerator to chill for about 2 hours.
- Pour the mixture into your ice cream maker and freeze it according to the manufacturer’s instructions.
- 3 minutes before the ice cream is done churning, pour the chopped strawberries into the mixture through the ingredient spout on the ice cream maker.
- Serve.
Notes
Nutrition
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I just tried this recipe and loved it. I used sucralose, instead of sugar, and added crushed pecans but other than that the recipe was not changed. Very good, thank you.
No standing over a stove? Woo-hoo!! And I just returned the book you spoke of to the library without even turning a page. Darn it all!! I have to make this recipe. What else I love about this post is that you referred to spring as bipolar. That is hilarious; and true.
Kate, congratson yesteday’s top 9!!! I am placing your Ice Cream recipe on the top of my “to be done” list – it sounds amazingly tasty 🙂
Love this recipe! Classic combinations and in an ice cream cone! Who could ask for more. The temperature where I am is 100+ and you have NO idea how much I want one of these right now… Thanks for sharing 🙂
Yummy looking ice cream and I agree ice cream is always in season 😛
It’s so crazy how cold May has been, I miss hot and sunny 🙂 hopefully next month!
It’s 50 degrees and raining here- but ice cream sounds like the perfect pick-me-up! I love The Perfect Scoop and the addition of Strawberries to this recipe is just lovely!
God for you , Kate, for sticking to the summer plan! Can’t let the weather get you down, just because spring can’t get it’s act together doesn’t mean we have to suffer right? Superb recipe, so yummy, so summery! Congrats on the top 9, too!
Yes, ice cream is definitely always in season, especially here. I am so glad that you posted this recipe because I just got my ice cream maker out yesterday thinking that I would have to make some ice cream soon. I have a beautiful punnet of strawberries and the rest of the ingredients so this was meant to be. Lovely photos too.
Strawberry cheesecake is one of my all time favorite ice cream flavors. The picture of the cone just taunts me…ehehehe. It’s quite warm here so this would hit the spot this weekend.