Green Tea Ice Cream with Jasmine Shortbread

Preparation info
  • Makes about

    6

    cups
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Anna and Michael Olson Cook at Home

By Anna Olson and Michael Olson

Published 2010

  • About

A make-ahead dessert like this is good planning for a late-night meal. Japanese gunpowder green tea powder is a finely ground tea found in most Japanese food stores. It gives the ice cream its beautiful green hue, but the recipe will still be as delicious without it.

Ingredients

2 cups | 500

Method

Heat milk with tea for 5 minutes just below a simmer. Whisk together egg yolks and sugar. Gradually whisk hot milk into egg mixture until all milk has been added. Return to pot and cook over medium-low heat, stirring until mixture coats the back of a wooden spoon. Strain and chill completely. Stir in cream and green tea powder and churn in an ice cream maker according to manufacturer’s instruct