Berry season is in full swing and frankly I can never get enough of them, with yogurt and granola for breakfast, in pancakes, muffins, cakes, I'm really not fussy. As a rule however, I'm generally not an icecream or frozen yogurt lover as I seem to be susceptible to painful brain freeze when eating anything frozen. But I make an exception for this one, David Lebovitz's frozen strawberry yogurt (without the alcohol). Nothing quite beats the homemade flavour.
This little contraption is a hand crank ice cream maker purchased at my favourite thrift store last summer for a couple of dollars. It's a perfect way to get the children involved - they crank the handle for 5 minutes, it goes back in the freezer for an hour, gets cranked again for 5 minutes and so on for about 4 or 5 hours. Not too labour intensive and really worth the effort!
So good, it makes brain freeze almost bearable.
Looks incredibly yummy!
Posted by: Teresa | June 21, 2011 at 03:30 PM
Yum! These few weeks are the best of the whole year, we went berry-picking yesterday and we'll go again before the season is over.
Posted by: Jess | June 21, 2011 at 03:35 PM
I've never seen an ice cream maker like that before, it's really cute.
Posted by: Lisa Coates | June 21, 2011 at 04:43 PM
That looks delicious! Glad to see the warm weather has finally reached you ..what a perfect match to ice cream :o)
Posted by: Sew Create It - Jane | June 21, 2011 at 05:59 PM
Never knew you could get those hand operated machines, look brilliant!
Posted by: Petit Filoux | June 22, 2011 at 04:05 AM
That does look good - we are having berries most days at the moment, but most of it is ending up preserved.
Nina x
Posted by: nina - tabiboo | June 22, 2011 at 07:38 AM
That looks so good! I need to get myself an ice cream maker so that I can make some. Nice thrift store find! If only I could be so lucky.
Posted by: Katherine of Kitten's Lost Her Mittens | June 22, 2011 at 10:04 AM
mmmm, that looks fab.
Last year I made strawberry ice cream by freezing strawberries then blending them with buttermilk which gives you instant soft ice cream. Our strawbs are just starting to turn pink so in a few weeks I imagine ice cream will be on the cards here too.
Posted by: monda | June 23, 2011 at 12:21 PM
Oh fresh strawberry ice cream. That would be a true treat. Looks delicious.
Posted by: Heather | June 28, 2011 at 03:20 PM