Homemade Big Red Ice Cream With Strawberries & Pineapple
This is homemade Big Red ice cream with strawberries and pineapple. Use sweetened condensed milk — never evaporated milk — and add whole milk only to your ice-cream freezer’s fill line.
A Texas tradition
Big Red is one of those Texas traditions you either understand immediately or stand there asking, “What flavor is this supposed to be?”
The answer is Big Red. We have fishing to do. We aren’t holding a congressional hearing over soda.
Ingredients
- 2 cans sweetened condensed milk
- 1 quart whipping cream
- 3 cans Big Red
- 1 small can pineapple tidbits
- 1 small package frozen sweetened strawberries
- Whole milk, enough to bring the mixture to the ice-cream freezer’s fill line
Directions
- Combine the sweetened condensed milk and whipping cream in the ice-cream freezer canister.
- Stir in the Big Red gradually, allowing foam to settle.
- Add the pineapple tidbits and sweetened strawberries. Break up large frozen strawberry clumps so the mixture distributes evenly.
- Add whole milk only to the manufacturer’s fill line. The mixture needs room to expand during churning.
- Churn according to your ice-cream maker’s directions. Use ice and salt if required by your machine.
- Serve soft from the churn or transfer to freezer containers to firm up.
Pro Tips from Chad
Condensed milk, not evaporated
Use sweetened condensed milk, not evaporated milk.
No separate sugar
There’s no separate sugar measurement in this recipe. The condensed milk, Big Red and sweetened fruit supply the sweetness.
Leave room to churn
Add whole milk only to the manufacturer’s fill line. The mixture needs room to expand during churning.
Troubleshooting
- The canister looks too full: Stop at the fill line. The mixture needs room to expand during churning.
- Foamy Big Red: Stir it in gradually and let the foam settle.
- Strawberry clumps: Break up large frozen pieces so the fruit distributes evenly.
Storage
Serve soft from the churn, or transfer to freezer containers to firm up. Serve after a fish fry, preferably before somebody starts discussing how full they are. That’s usually the same person who asks for a second bowl.
Printable recipe
Printable recipe
Homemade Big Red Ice Cream With Strawberries & Pineapple
Ingredients
- 2 cans sweetened condensed milk
- 1 quart whipping cream
- 3 cans Big Red
- 1 small can pineapple tidbits
- 1 small package frozen sweetened strawberries
- Whole milk, enough to bring the mixture to the ice-cream freezer’s fill line
Directions
- Combine the sweetened condensed milk and whipping cream in the ice-cream freezer canister.
- Stir in the Big Red gradually, allowing foam to settle.
- Add the pineapple tidbits and sweetened strawberries. Break up large frozen strawberry clumps so the mixture distributes evenly.
- Add whole milk only to the manufacturer’s fill line. The mixture needs room to expand during churning.
- Churn according to your ice-cream maker’s directions. Use ice and salt if required by your machine.
- Serve soft from the churn or transfer to freezer containers to firm up.
Use sweetened condensed milk, not evaporated milk.
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