Name: Matcha Green Tea Ice Cream
Yield: Makes 1 quart (1 litre)
Ingredients: 1 cup (215 g / 7.6 oz) caster sugar or superfine sugar; 6 egg yolks (90 g / 3.2 oz); ¾ cup (200 mL / 6.8 fl oz) milk; 2 drops green gel food coloring (optional); ⅓ cup (100 mL / 3.4 fl oz) heavy cream (35 percent fat); 1¼ cup (300 mL / 10 fl oz) boiling water; 16 matcha green tea bags

Preparation info

Makes
1 quart

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Crazy Sweet Creations

By Ann Reardon

Published 2021

About

Calling all tea lovers, this is the ice cream for you. You can swap out the matcha green tea for any flavor tea that you prefer. While this recipe makes quite a strong matcha tea ice cream, you can simply reduce the number of tea bags for a subtler flavor.

Ingredients

Ice Cream

16 matcha green tea bags
1¼ cup (300 mL / 10 fl oz

Method

Hang the teabags on the side of a heatproof jug. Add the boiling water to the jug and leave them to infuse for 5 minutes. Remove the teabags, squeezing as much liquid and flavor out of each one as possible.

Place the egg yolks and sugar in a bowl and whisk them together until they are pale in color. Pour the milk and cream into a saucepan, then place over high heat until it just starts