Basil Fawlty's (Basil Infused Strawberry Ice Cream)

The building blocks:

Flavorah Basil, the crown, the secret, the missing link. On opening the bottle i experienced a freshly cut basil. I think it's more of an asian basil type than european, a ripe basil leaf aroma with a slight aniseed, fennel taste and with light earthy notes. Flavorah Basil is fairly strong so i used .25% which is about perfect to give that basil feel and taste to the recipe and perfect to infuse my strawberry mix.

JF Strawberry Sweet and RF Strawberry SC, the perfect combination for me, adding a pinch of FA Black Cherry is like opening the gates of fruit heaven, it's like strawberries on steroids.

Tahitian Vanilla Cream 2% gives a nice creamy structure to the ice cream mix and adding the vanilla spices i was looking for. All that combined with 3% of my preferred vanilla ice cream from LB and you get the perfect ice cream.

Flavorah Cream 0.50% and FA Marshmallow 0.25% thickens the whole mixture even more.

The result:

What you get after a short steep of 3 days? A fresh made and delicious creamy strawberry mix with lovely basil notes. On inhale you immediately sense the basil with some minty notes and rich strawberries with a touch of black cherry.

On exhale the vanilla ice cream fills your mouth perfectly in balance with the rich and tropical vanilla aroma from the WFTahitian Vanilla Cream.

Finally, a strawberry combination that works for me. (I am one of those people that can't hardly taste strawberries in recipes but can smell them perfectly. In fact i smell and recognize strawberries into all their facets.) Makes it difficult to mix? Not at all

S/V sit for 24 hours but better or perfect when basil flavor get into the mix after 3 days,

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