Strawberry And Champagne Ice Recipes

Steps:

• Stir 3/4 cup sugar and 3/4 cup water in heavy small saucepan over medium heat until sugar dissolves. Bring to simmer. Remove from heat; cool syrup completely.
• Purée 3 cups strawberries in blender just until smooth. Strain puree through fine strainer.
• Transfer sugar syrup and 1 1/2 cups strawberry purée to large bowl (reserve any remaining strawberry purée for another use). Stir in corn syrup, lemon juice and vanilla. Refrigerate mixture until cold, about 2 hours.
• Stir Champagne into strawberry mixture. Process in ice cream maker according to manufacturer's instructions. Transfer strawberry ice to container; freeze until firm, at least 4 hours. (Can be made 1 day ahead. Keep strawberry ice frozen. Cover and chill remaining strawberries.)
• Toss remaining 2 1/4 cups strawberries with 2 tablespoons sugar in large bowl. Let stand until juices form, about 1 hour. Divide strawberries among 6 dessert cups. Top each serving with 1 scoop strawberry ice. Garnish with mint.

Steps:

• Combine sugar and water in a heavy saucepan; cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until sugar dissolves.
• Remove sugar syrup from heat; cool.
• Place thawed strawberries in container of an electric blender or food processor; process until smooth.
• Pour through a wire mesh strainer into a 8-inch square pan, pressing with back of spoon against the sides of the strainer to squeeze out juice.
• Discard pulp and seeds.
• Stir lemon juice, sugar syrup, and champagne into strawberry puree.
• Cover and freeze at least 4 hours.
• Position knife blade in food processor bowl; add frozen mixture, and process until smooth.
• Return to pan and freeze until firm.
• Repeat processing procedure, and return mixture to pan; freeze until firm.
• Spoon into glasses, and serve with fresh strawberries.

Steps:

• Rinse and haul strawberries except one, leave with haul on used for decoration.
• Put the rest of the strawberries in a blender.
• Add vanilla, lemon juice, and sugar and puree.
• Pour into a tall champagne glass.
• Fill glass with ice cold champaign.
• Cut an opening in the bottom of the remaining strawberry and slide on edge of glass.
• Enjoy.

Steps:

• In a large punch bowl, combine champagne, ginger ale and strawberries. Gently stir and serve.