Recipe: Old Fashioned Strawberry Ice Cream - cooked custard (1970's)

OLD-FASHIONED STRAWBERRY ICE CREAM

1 cup sugar, divided use
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
Dash of salt
1 1/2 cups milk
2 eggs, slightly beaten
1 1/2 cups sieved or pureed fresh strawberries
1 1/2 cups heavy whipping cream
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 teaspoon almond extract

Combine 3/4 cup sugar, flour, and salt; set aside.

Scald milk in top of a double boiler; add a small amount of milk to sugar mixture, stirring to make a smooth paste. Stir sugar mixture into remaining milk; cook, stirring constantly, until thickened. Cover and cook 10 minutes.

Stir a small amount of hot mixture into eggs. Stir eggs into remaining hot mixture; cook, stirring constantly, 1 minute. Let cool.

Combine strawberries, remaining 1/4 cup sugar, whipping cream, and flavorings; stir into custard. Pour into container of a 2-quart electric or hand-turned ice cream freezer; freeze according to manufacturer's directions.

Makes about 1 1/4 quarts
From: SueA, CA
Source: Southern Living Annual 1979