Real Green Tea Ice Cream with Sesame-Caramel Sauce

Name: Real Green Tea Ice Cream with Sesame-Caramel Sauce
Yield: Makes approximately 1 quart/1 liter of ice cream for 4 to 6 servings
Ingredients: 2 cups/500 milliliters whole milk; ¼ cup/50 grams green tea leaves; 2 cups/500 milliliters heavy cream; ¾ cup/150 grams granulated sugar; Finely grated zest of 1 lime (reserve lime for the sauce); Few drops of pure vanilla extract; 2 tablespoons/12 grams sesame seeds; Warm water, as needed, to thin sauce; ½ cup/120 milliliters heavy cream; 1 cup/240 milliliters water; 1 cup/200 grams granulated sugar; Juice of 1 lime (reserved from the Real Green Tea Ice Cream recipe)

Preparation info

Makes approximately 1 quart 1 liter of ice cream for
4 to 6
servings

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Cooking with Tea

By Robert Wemischner and Diana Rosen

Published 2000

About

Good-quality Japanese Sencha green tea is best, but any tea, whether finely powdered or whole leaf, will lend the distinctive flavor imprint of green tea to this refreshing combination of cool and cream. The nutty, toasty personality of green tea is the ideal match for the rich Sesame-Caramel Sauce.

Ingredients

2 cups/500 milliliters whole milk
¼ cup/50

Method

In a heavy saucepan, bring the milk and tea to a boil. Remove from heat and infuse for 1 minute. Pour through a fine-meshed sieve into a heatproof bowl, pressing hard on the tea leaves to extract as much of the liquid as possible. Return to a clean saucepan. Add the cream, sugar, and lime zest. Bring to a boil and stir until sugar dissolves completely. Cool, then add the vanilla extract. Chill