Ingredients

<p>Serves 6.</p>

　　1 1/2 cups milk

　　1 1/2 cups strawberry syrup

　　1 quart strawberry ice cream

　　Chilled seltzer to taste

　　Garnish: whipped cream

　　

For strawberry syrup:

1 pound (about 1 1/4 pints) strawberries, hulled and sliced

　　1/2 cup sugar

　　

Make strawberry syrup:

Step 1

In a food processor fitted with the steel blade or in a blender in batches, puree the strawberries, transfer the puree to a stainless steel or enameled saucepan, and stir in the sugar and 1/2 cup water. Bring the mixture to a boil over moderate heat, stirring, and simmer it for 3 minutes. Force the mixture through a fine sieve into a bowl and chill it, covered, for at least 3 hours. Makes about 1 1/2 cups

　　

Make the sodas:

Step 2

In each of 6 ice-cream soda glasses, combine 1/4 cup of the milk and 1/4 cup of the syrup, add 2 or three scoops of the ice cream to each glass, and fill the glasses with the seltzer. Garnish the sodas with the whipped cream.