Strawberry Cream Cheese Ice Cream - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 beaten eggs
1 1/4 c. sugar
3 c. half and half cream
1 tsp. vanilla
1 (8 oz.) pkg. cream cheese
few drops red food coloring (optional)
2 c. whole strawberries
1 c. chopped strawberries

Preparation

Combine eggs, sugar
and
1 1/2 cups half and half in a small saucepan.
Cook
and stir over medium heat until mixture just comes
to
boil.
Remove
from heat.
Transfer to a large bowl. Stir
in
remaining
half
and
half,
vanilla and food coloring. Cover and chill.
Mix cream cheese in a large mixer bowl until fluffy.
Gradually beat in the 2 cups berries until berries are coarsely
crushed.\tGradually
beat in the cooled egg mixture. Stir
in the 1 cup chopped berries.
Freeze in a 4 to
5
quart ice
cream freezer according to manufacturer's directions.\tMakes 2 quarts.