This is a tangy, sweet ice cream that tastes exactly like cheesecake. With the addition of a quick strawberry puree made from fresh or frozen berries, this is a treat that can easily be enjoyed year round. I absolutely loved the flavor, the texture and the look of this ice cream!
This would be fantastic served over a warm brownie or slice of chocolate cake. Maybe next time though, this batch is long gone!
Strawberry Swirl Cheesecake Ice Cream
Ingredients
- 8 ounces cream cheese
- 1 cup sour cream
- zest of 1 large lemon about 1 tablespoon
- 1/4 cup heavy cream
- 1/4 cup milk
- 2/3 cup sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
- 1/8 teaspoon fine sea salt
- Strawberry Puree Ingredients:
- 12 large frozen* or fresh strawberries about 2 cups of berries
- 1/4 cup sugar
- *if you are using frozen berries allow them to thaw at room temperature for about half an hour before mashing them.
Instructions
- Mash the strawberries in a medium size saucepan. Add the sugar and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to simmer and while stirring constantly, cook 5 minutes. Remove from the heat, let cool and then chill in the freezer while the ice cream is churning.
- Combine all ice cream ingredients in blender and puree until smooth. Pour into ice cream machine and freeze according to manufacturer's instructions. When the ice cream is almost finished churning, remove the cold strawberry puree from the freezer and stir well. Add ½ a cup puree to the ice cream in the machine.
- When the ice cream has finished churning, transfer to a freezer safe container. Drizzle with the remaining strawberry puree; I reserved ¼ cup of the puree for topping. Use a knife to swirl the berries through the ice cream. Chill in the freezer for a couple hours before serving. Enjoy!
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Jenn S says
Shrimp Po'Boy's and BLC's are on their way to you… you can hand over the ice cream at any point now 🙂
YUM!! Love strawberry swirl cheesecake ice cream! It's one of my favorites.
Joshua Hampton (Cooking Classes San Diego) says
You've got me dizzy all week reading all these wonderful ice cream recipes. And ice cream that tastes like cheesecake? Now I've really got to make myself some.
Sue/the view from great island says
That is quite a pink you got going on with this ice cream. I wish I were living at your house this week—your kids must be in heaven!
Big Dude says
You made some great looking ice cream and right now that seems to be the right thing to do in your part of the world.
Pam says
This will be perfect in that ice cream maker that I'm going to win 🙂
Magnolia Verandah says
How good do those ruby swirls look – yummy!
DC Signorile says
My favorite is raspberry peach.
Kathy0414 says
This is the best! Loved the cream cheese base, and the slight tang it had in the background flavors. I don't have an ice cream machine, so just used the freezer method. After it was almost solid, I added some leftover honey graham cracker cookies from the pantry. Left it freeze again overnight and got a big thumbs-up from the Hubby, who usually just eats and doesn't comment! LOL
Then, I used this same basic ingredients, but subbed 3 mashed bananas for the strawberries and added a splash of lemon juice. Didn't swirl it, just beat it all together and froze in metal pans in my freezer, beating a couple of times to keep smooth. Toss in a couple of vanilla wafer cookies, tastes similar to banana pudding!
Thanks for the great ideas and recipes, your Roasted Cherries is next on our list!
Mary says
Both of those sound awesome! I love that they turned out so well without a machine. That's great to know!