Geranium and Melon Ice Cream

Name: Geranium and Melon Ice Cream
Yield: Serves 8
Ingredients: 600 ml/1 pint milk; 6 sweet geranium leaves; 4 egg yolks; 175 g/6 oz clear honey; 225 g/8 oz Ogen or Galia melon flesh; 225 g/8 oz Ogen or Galia melon flesh; 300 ml/½ pint double cream

Preparation info

Serves
8

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Carved Angel Cookery Book

By Joyce Molyneux

Published 1990

About

The taste of this ice cream is beautifully balanced – a succession of melon, honey, milk, and scented geranium. I sometimes serve it in a solid ice bowl, splashed with the yellows and pinks of flowers embedded in the ice.

Ingredients

6 sweet geranium leaves
600 ml/1 pint milk
17

Gluten-free
ice cream
Vegetarian

Method

Place the geranium leaves in a pan with the milk. Bring gently to the boil. Whisk together the honey and egg yolks in a bowl and pour on the boiling milk, stirring constantly. Set the bowl over a pan of simmering water, making sure that the base does not touch the water. Stir for about 5 minutes, until the custard thickens and will coat the back of the spoon. Remove from the heat and strain. Le