Strawberry & Vanilla Ice Milk is a fruity and delicious alternative to ice cream that kids and grown-ups will love! All the flavour with virtually none of the fat!
You’re probably scratching your head thinking Strawberry & Vanilla Ice Milk, what’s this?
Well, it’s a kind of cross between ice cream and sorbet.
It has a harder consistency than sorbet and is a bit flakier than ice cream but the wonderful thing about this dessert is that it’s incredibly low in fat as there is only 1.7% fat in skimmed milk (my bottle at least).
It’s also incredibly frugal as milk is so much cheaper than cream.
I had an idea to make strawberry ice cream but couldn’t bring myself to buy a large pot of cream due to both the expense and the thought of all those calories.
So when I got home I Googled “milk ice cream” and found this recipe for Simple Vanilla Ice Milk which I then set about adapting.
My whole family loved this iced dessert as it was both refreshing and delicious with the taste of fresh strawberries and vanilla.
This was also the perfect opportunity for me to try out the new gadgets that Oxo had just sent me. I used the Oxo Good Grips Strawberry Huller to prepare my strawberries and after a little practice got into the swing of punching, twisting, scooping, and pressing the button to deposit the stalk and hull.
The button was a little stiff to use but you could also just flick the hull out on most occasions. I was also sent the Oxo Good Grips Beak Ice Cream Scoop which is particularly suited to hard ice creams.
Due to its pointed beak it was so much easier to use and made light work of all the hard ice creams I tried it on including this recipe!
There is also a really useful “easy release” button so that your ice cream doesn’t stay stuck to the scoop.
This product is a real winner but don’t put it in the dishwasher like I did (it even says so on it) or it will lose its shiny look.
Looking at the pictures I realised my 9-year-old daughter made this recipe by herself, so why don’t you get your kids making some Strawberry & Vanilla Ice Milk this summer?
How do you make Strawberry & Vanilla Ice Milk?
Here’s a step-by-step guide:
Strawberry & Vanilla Ice Milk is a great way to preserve a glut of strawberries.
Best of all it’s super refreshing on a hot summer’s day and has an intense strawberry flavour!
More Frozen Desserts
Here are some more frozen desserts for you to check out!
- Black Forest Vanilla Ice Milk
- Strawberry, Banana & Custard Ice Lollies
- Salted Caramel Crunchie Ice Cream
- Caramel Ice Cream with Easter Eggs
- Easy Vegan Coffee Ice Cream
- Rhubarb Sorbet
- Lemon Granita
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NB: Thank you to Oxo for my gadgets, all views are my own and I was not paid.
Strawberry & Vanilla Ice Milk
Ingredients
- 250 g Strawberries
- 1 tbsp Vanilla sugar
- 100 g Castor sugar
- 1 L Semi-skimmed Milk
Instructions
- Hull and chop the refrigerated strawberries into tiny pieces.
- Stir in the vanilla sugar and put in fridge.
- Mix together the milk and sugar thoroughly in a bowl and then add the strawberries.
- Using a jug pour the mixture into an ice cream maker until stiff (about 40 minutes).
- Scoop the mixture into a tupperware and freeze for another 6-8 hours before serving.
Jane English
This will do perfectly for me to use some of the strawberries up from the garden, we’ve just been away for ten days visiting the daughter over in the NE come back to hundreds ready to eat, so was looking for something to make with them.
I’ll be busy tomorrow it seems
And you have to have sprinkles on an ice cream cornet, its the law!
Paul Bishop
Nice, cold and delicious for this heat wave. And it can be made so easily and most important quickly.
Clare Webb
That looks so simple to make and yummy to eat! As soon as my kitchen is back in I’ll be having a go! Just what is needed in this weather 🙂
Anneli (Delicieux)
How wonderfully simple to prepare! It looks very tempting. I love that it’s low in fat too. A perfect Summer ice cream. Than ks for entering FSF! x
Camilla
Thank you, I’m all for simple and tasty:-)
zahra heena
yummm 🙂 will have to try 🙂 tweeted too
Ren
Thanks for linking this up Camilla. The last Simple in Season for a while. Taking a summer break! Could do with a scoop of this. Ren x
Camilla
A pleasure Ren. That’s a shame, but I totally understand, it’s a lot of work for you. I’m going to make some more and play around with different fruits:-)
cezzle
This sounds gorgeous! Will be trying it out soon 🙂
Javelin Warrior
My grandfather couldn’t have much fat at all in his diet because of a prior heart attack so he would often make vanilla and strawberry ice cream (much like this) with just skim milk. It definitely freezes harder (especially with fruit) than traditional, but it’s still so delicious…
Camilla
Aah, that’s nice to know Mark. I will be making this a lot now and will try other fruits too like cherries:-)
Jacqueline @How to be a Gourmand
Brilliant that the skimmed milk works well with this as I would be dubious using all that cream too! A winning recipe 🙂
Camilla
Thanks Jacqueline. Yes I know you don’t like cream and I have seen recipes recently in magazines which were literally just whipped double cream with some flavour and put in a tub in the freezer, it’s just too rich!
Louisa Foti
Looks delicious Camilla! And so low in fat and sugar and high in fruit! I really REALLY must invest in an ice cream maker one of these days. Thanks so much for entering your ice cream to the Four Seasons Food challenge, definitely a fab bbq side! Louisa
Camilla
Thanks Louise, I got mine for £9.99 at half price last year in Aldi when they just had a few left so keep your eyes peeled:-)