Use the first method with this stellar recipe from an ancient Grand Marnier pamphlet:
6 cups hulled, washed fresh strawberries
2 cups sugar (depending on berry sweetness)
juice of three lemons and three oranges
1/2 cup of Grand Marnier
Dust the berries with the sugar and leave for about 30 minutes. Then, in two batches, puree in blender with juices. Put in large bowl and stir in Grand Marnier. Freeze for a couple of hours in 9x13 baking pan, then blend with mixer until mushy, and refreeze until firm. Can serve as is or with whipped cream. The best ever!
And maybe the Grand Marnier keeps it from freezing rock-hard, too, due to the alcohol - COOL! Pun intended :) PJH
July 6, 2009 at 1:35pm