The Spoils of my Labor
Yesterday's Porny post consised of my Curry/Chai ice cream. Well... the smaller, darker scoop on the left is what became of it. It's so small because after list night's dinner gathering, there was barely any left!
The larger, lighter colored scoop on the other side is my newest experiment. I call it: Ice Cream Experiment #3. A friend of mine was telling me yesterday that her sister always wanted an Earl Grey tea ice cream flavor. So I pulled out my Revolution Lavender Earl Grey tea...
... and made quite the tasty little concoction!
1 1/2 cups of water
4 tea bags
1 cup heavy cream
1/2 cup granulated sugar
The night before you want to make the ice cream, boil the water and add the tea bags. Add more tea if necessary in order to make a super-concentrated flavoring. Cover and let it cool in the fridge overnight. When you're ready to make the ice cream, ready your machine as you normally would. Make a slurry of the tea mixture, cream, and sugar. Whisk till combined and add to the machine.
This recipe will make approximately 3 cups of ice cream. I find that a batch this small only takes about a half hour to churn and set properly in my KitchenAid.
Enjoy!
EDIT: While the flavor and texture of my ice cream improves with each experiment, I still have one issue. There's some kind of heavy coating that gets all over my spoon and my tongue (heh heh heh...) and I think it might be from the heavy cream I use in the recipe. I don't want to compromise the texture or the flavor of the ice cream, so how do I combat this problem? Anyone? Bueller? Bueller?