Gone are those days when ice cream was made at home during summers! But hey, it doesn't take much to revive those days, and Valentine's Day is a great time for it too. Try this amazingly smooth ice cream pudding drenched in strawberry flavour.
Ingredients
For strawberry pudding
1 cup milk
1 cup water
½ cup condensed milk
1 tsp vanilla essence
1 tsp strawberry extract
½ cup strawberry puree
2 tbsp sugar, or as required
5gm China grass
For homemade strawberry ice cream
1 cup grated strawberry chocolate
½ cup fresh cream
2 ½ cups milk
1/3 cup sugar
1 tbsp corn flour
A few drops of strawberry essence
Preparation
To make pudding
In a pan boil milk, condensed milk, sugar and vanilla essence on medium flame
In a another pan, heat water and drop the China grass, boil on medium flame for 4-5 minutes or until it completely dissolves
Now, pour the china grass mixture into the milk mixture and heat for 3 more minutes on medium flame
Now, add strawberry puree, strawberry essence mix to it and remove from flame
Now, pour this mixture into serving bowls and let it sit until it comes down to room temperature
Once it cools down, you will notice that the pudding has become firm
Keep in the refrigerator to set for 3-4 hours or even overnight
To make ice cream
Heat half cup milk in a pan
Add grated chocolate and simmer, stirring, until smooth. In another pan, boil the remaining milk with sugar
Mix corn flour in two tablespoons of water and add to the milk and simmer for three minutes
Add chocolate mixture and mix well
Remove from flame and cool completely
Add fresh cream and strawberry essence and mix well
Pour this mixture into a shallow container and keep it in the freezer, allowing it to set till firm
Take out from the freezer and blend in a blender till smooth and thick
Transfer to a shallow container
Cover the container, freeze again till it sets
Homemade strawberry ice cream is ready
To make strawberry ice cream pudding
In a bowl mix the strawberry pudding and 2 cups of strawberry icecream
Pour this mixture into pudding moulds and keep in the freezer overnight
Decorate with grated chocolate
Enjoy this valentine€™s day with this yummy strawberry ice cream pudding
(The author is a food blogger who blogs @www.hottavasandovens.blogspot.in)
