Strawberry-Mango Ice Cream with Fresh Spearmint

Inspired by The Mastercard (a frozen strawberry-mango concoction that is served on Royal Caribbean® cruise ships), this ice cream transports you immediately to the tropics, with a surprise of fresh spearmint!

• Preparation Time: 40 mins
• Cooking Time: 10 mins
• Total Time: 50 mins
• Calories: 266 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 cup white sugar
• 3 egg yolks
• 3 cups half-and-half
• 1 teaspoon coconut extract
• ½ tablespoon chopped fresh spearmint
• 2 cups sliced fresh strawberries, pureed
• 1 medium mango, pureed

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Pour half-and-half into a medium saucepan and place over medium heat. Add sugar and stir until dissolved. Continue to heat until half-and-half is hot, but do not let it come to a boil.

Step 2

Whisk egg yolks in a small bowl until pale yellow.

Step 3

Slowly add about 1 cup of the half-and-half mixture to the egg yolks, whisking constantly. Repeat with another cup. Pour the egg yolk mixture into the saucepan with the remaining half-and-half mixture and cook over medium heat until the mixture thickens and coats the back of a spoon. Do not let the mixture boil.

Step 4

Remove from heat and stir in spearmint and coconut extract. Pour mixture into a bowl with a pour spout and let cool for 30 minutes. Refrigerate, 8 hours to overnight.

Step 5

Pour 1/2 of the mixture into an ice cream maker and churn to the consistency of soft-serve. Add strawberry puree. Continue to churn until ice cream has thickened. Transfer ice cream to a bowl and clean out the ice cream maker with a rubber spatula. Place strawberry ice cream in the freezer.

Step 6

Pour the remaining ice cream base into the ice cream maker and churn to the consistency of soft-serve. Add mango puree. Continue to churn until the ice cream has thickened.

Step 7

Remove strawberry ice cream from the freezer. Place a large scoop of strawberry ice cream in a 9-inch loaf pan using 2 large spoons. Top with a large scoop of mango ice cream. Fill up the loaf pan, continuing to alternate flavors. Cover with plastic wrap and place into the freezer for a minimum of 4 hours.