Strawberry gin ice cream

If using a metal loaf pan, line it with baking paper.

Ingredients

2 cups	Strawberries, washed, hulled and quartered (Main)
¼ cup	Caster sugar
2 Tbsp	Lemon juice
¼ cup	Gin (Main)
1 ½ Ltr	Vanilla ice cream (Main)

Directions

1. Place the strawberries in a saucepan with the caster sugar and lemon juice. Bring to the boil and simmer for about 8 minutes, until softened.
2. Purée with a hand-held blender, until smooth. Stir in the gin. Cool.
3. Allow the ice cream to soften slightly.
4. Spoon 1/3 of the ice cream evenly over the base of a 1.5 litre loaf pan. Pat down with the back of the spoon. Drizzle with 1/4 of the cold purée. Repeat the layers twice. Using a chopstick, swirl the coulis through the ice cream. Cover and freeze overnight.
5. Serve in slices or scoops together with the remaining purée and a few fresh strawberries — if preferred.

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