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Madison Family Photographer | Strawberry Fields to Ice Cream Bowl

It was a pretty spontaneous decision to load the car in our ‘it’s ok to get muddy’ attire (who am I kidding? That’s pretty much all they own.) and head to Barneveld. The charming Bures Berry Patch is officially open for business this season. Because of the drizzle and fog, the short road trip there was close to magical….the fog settled in the low farm fields, greens so rich and saturated, condensation forming on on the inside of the car–making a perfect canvas for little fingers.

We received our quarts, flat, flag and special instructions on how to pick. A whole row to ourselves. Ben ate more than he saved. Charlie, Jack, and John plugged away filling quarts, adding them to the flat and starting over every dozen plants or so. The air was thick, still, gray. A frog called from a low place. The peony field buzzed.

We chatted about what we’ll do with our little crimson treasures. Strawberry shortcake? Berries on warm pancakes? Jam? Pie? No, ice cream. Definitely strawberry ice cream.

Father and his three sons walk down a row at a very green strawberry path.Boy kneels over to grab a strawberry from the green plant and places it into a clear carton with a few red strawberry sitting in it.Family kneels over picking strawberry's and placing them into a clear carton.Young boy holding a red strawberry up to the camera lens.Cardboard box with fresh red strawberry's in it laying on the straw ground next to two rows of strawberry plants.Location: strawberry patch. Young boy holds clear carton full of strawberry's up to his nose.Family picking strawberry's of the plants, young boy eating some fresh strawberry's.Boy holds onto clear carton filled with strawberry'sLocation: strawberry patch. One hand holds back strawberry plant green leaves, another had grabs onto a red ripe strawberry.rows of strawberry plants, straw laid down in between each green row.Pink, white, and red roses with dark green leaves.Strawberry plant with small blooming flowers.Two hands holding onto carton filled with strawberry's.Large cardboard box filled with strawberry'a sitting on a scale.

Strawberry Ice Cream via Epicurious

Ingredients

Pound of strawberries, halved (I eye-balled it)

3/4 C of sugar

3/4 tsp fresh lemon juice

2 C half and half

Directions

Coarsely mash strawberries with sugar, and lemon juice using a potato masher in a large bowl. Let stand, stirring and mashing occasionally, about an hour.

Transfer strawberry mixture to a blender and purée with cream until smooth. Return strawberry cream to bowl, stirring occasionally, until very cold, 3 to 6 hours.

Freeze mixture in ice cream maker. Transfer to an airtight container and put in freezer to firm up.

Carton full of strawberry's sitting on kitchen counter next to the sink.Colander full of strawberry's sitting in a sink with water running washing them off.Sliced strawberry's being placed into a bowl on kitchen counter.

White sugar being poured onto a bowl of fresh sliced strawberriesYoung shirtless boy watches as strawberry mixture gets poured into ice cream maker.Homemade strawberry ice cream.Three boys sit at kitchen table eating homemade strawberry ice cream.Boys sitting at kitchen table eating strawberry ice cream.Hands holding onto bowl of homemade strawberry ice cream.Day Five of seriously dreary weather (ohdearheavensitfeelslikeayear), but Summer Must Go On.  So, yeah, ice cream served darned near in dark (I’m against turning on lights before 9pm in June).  Fingers crossed the sun will return soon. JIMINY! I can’t take it much longer.

xo, Jen

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