Strawberry Buttermilk Sherbet

from Southern Living

May is National Strawberry Month.  With 90 degree weather this week, why don't you celebrate with some homemade sherbet.


Ingredients:
2 cups fresh strawberries* 
2 cups buttermilk
1 cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Garnish: fresh mint sprigs




Directions: 
1. Process strawberries in a food processor or blender 30 seconds or until smooth, stopping to scrape down sides. Pour strawberry puree through a fine wire-mesh strainer into a large bowl, pressing with back of a spoon. Discard solids. Add buttermilk, sugar, and vanilla to puree; stir until well blended. Cover and chill 1 hour.


2. Pour strawberry mixture into freezer container of a 1 1/2-qt. electric ice-cream maker, and freeze according to manufacturer's instructions. (Instructions and times may vary.) Garnish, if desired.


*NOTE: 1 (16-oz.) package frozen strawberries, thawed, may be substituted.