Earl Grey Lavender Ice Cream

This delicious Earl Grey Lavender Ice Cream with honey has a refreshing and sophisticated flavor of tea and lavender.

Also, it’s an excellent way to celebrate. Celebrate WHAT you might ask?

Well, my friends, do we really need a reason for a little celebration? Or let’s say, do we really need a solid reason to eat ice cream? I don’t.

Indeed, there’s a fantastic occasion to celebrate. This is my third recipe I’m posting this week. Besides, this is the second week when insane Ben decided to have such an experiment. Thus, I’m officially discharged from this two-week long challenge. I feel I need something stronger than ice cream.

There’s my official statement: no more 3 posts within one week. Please witness my statement.

Amended statement. I might need to repeat this in November, as the transition between apples and pumpkins and Christmas cookies. Please witness my amended statement.

Amended statement. Just joking :)

Anyway, the combo of strong earl grey tea and lavender is so sophisticated and delicious.

Earl Grey Lavender Ice Cream

I’ve got another statement to make. If you think I’ve come up with these flavors, I regret to upset you. Two years ago I was googling the perfect pairings to lavender, and Google said I should try this one. And you know what? It didn’t lie to me! I made marshmallows with this flavor (sorry, there’s no recipe on the blog), then I made ice cream which didn’t get on the blog.

Today I’m excited to post the recipe for this Earl Grey Lavender Ice Cream here. It has truly whimsical flavors – distinctive tea flavor and a lighter floral in the background.

There’s only one thing I should advise you. Due to the amount of liquid, this ice cream melts pretty fast (You can see this in the pictures). However, It’s so delightful that I believe you won’t face this issue because it also disappears fast from a bowl :)

More Earl Grey Flavours

Earl Grey Lavender Milkshake

Earl Grey Lavender Dessert Risotto

I hope you like this ice cream, and you will give it a try. If you try it, let me know in this post or send me an Instagram message or share your photos by adding the hashtag #havocinthekitchen.

Cheers!

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Earl Grey Lavender Ice Cream

Recipe by Ben | Havocinthekitchen

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Course: Ice Cream

Servings

6-8

servings

Prep time

30

minutes

Cooking time

30

minutes

Chilling time

8

hours

This delicious Earl Grey Lavender Ice Cream has a refreshing and sophisticated flavor of tea and lavender.

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Ingredients

• 2 cups (450 ml.) heavy (whipping or 35%) cream

• 1/2 cup (120 ml.) whole milk

• 2/3 cup (160 ml.) very strong earl grey tea with lavender – about 3 tbsp. tea and 1 to 2 tbsp. dried lavender buds

• 5 egg yolks

• 1/3 cup (113 gr.) honey

• 2 tbsp. (25 gr.) granulated or light-golden sugar

• a pinch of salt

• 1 tsp. vanilla extract

• 50 gr. chopped white chocolate, optional

Directions

• First of all, steep tea. In a small bowl/saucepan, put the tea leaves and lavender buds. Add about 2/3 cup hot but not boiling water. Cover and let stand for about 30 minutes. Then sieve and discard the tea and lavender.
• Using a medium saucepan, add the heavy cream and milk; stir until well combined.
• Place over medium-low heat and bring to a simmer, stirring occasionally.
• Meanwhile, using a separate heat-proof bowl, whisk together the egg yolks with the honey, sugar, and salt. Add about 1/2 cup of the brewed tea.
• Once the cream and milk mixture begins to simmer, pour half into the bowl with the eggs, whisking vigorously while you pour to prevent eggs from scrambling (this method is called “tempering”).
• Once the custard mixture has thickened, remove from heat and add the vanilla extract; stir until well combined.
• Pour the mixture through a fine-mesh strainer (Just in cases there’s any small pieces of cooked egg) into a container. Cover with plastic wrap, pressing the plastic directly onto the surface of the mixture, and refrigerate for at least 4 hours or preferably overnight.
• Once chilled, pour the mixture into an ice cream maker and churn according to the manufacturer’s directions. It usually takes around 25 minutes. When ice cream is almost done churning, add the chopped white chocolate
• Transfer ice cream into a freezer-safe container and place in the freezer for at least 2 hours to harden.