DIY Milk-free Strawberry-Basil Yogurt Coconut Milk Ice Cream

We recently bought an ice cream maker. And I have been experimenting with different recipes I find online. This one is a mix of several I found, with some of our own twists, and has turned out to be one of our favorites now.

Ingredients: 

• 10 oz Strawberries
• 1/2 C - 1 C (to taste) of Basil
• 1/4 cup honey
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 TB coconut rum or Basil Liqueur 
• 1/2 can coconut milk
• 1 C plain Greek yogurt
• 1/2 tsp vanilla

Directions:
Cut up 8 oz of Strawberries, and add to the blender with half the honey, the coconut milk, the vanilla, and the yogurt. Blend.

Take the 2 oz of strawberries, cut into tiny chunks and add, but don't blend. This is so you have some chunks of fruit in it as well.

Take the rum or liqueur, half the honey, and the sugar, heat in a pan until the sugar melts. Let it cool down fully.

     *Note: we make the Basil liqueur ourselves. I will put the recipe on here soon. 

Add that to the blended mix as well.

Now refrigerate it for about 30 mins. Though, we have been in a hurry before and did not put it in the fridge, and it turned out fine. 

Now add it to the ice cream machine, and let it go until it freezes. We find that this mix gives a nice soft-serve, at first, so make it to eat. It never freezes well, and becomes rock hard. 

Blog articles online I used in creating this recipe: 

• http://www.davidlebovitz.com/2007/07/tips-for-making-1/
• http://www.wellplated.com/berry-coconut-frozen-yogurt/
• http://www.unconventionalbaker.com/recipes/balsamic-strawberry-basil-dairy-free-ice-cream-recipe/
• http://www.davidlebovitz.com/2010/07/vegan-strawberry-ice-cream-recipe/
• http://www.fettlevegan.com/recipes/vegan-strawberry-basil-ice-cream
• http://www.decodingdelicious.com/strawberry-basil-ice-cream/
• http://www.marshmallowsandmargaritas.com/2014/06/09/strawberry-coconut-milk-ice-cream/