Pu-erh Tea Ice Cream 普洱茶雪糕
Something for the Chinese tea lover's pleasure...a soothing scoop or two of creamily deliciously sweet homemade ice cream thoroughly scented and flavored with the earthy woodsy fragrance of Pu-erh tea 普洱茶.
- Prep time
- 30 min
- Cook time
- 10 min
- Yield
- 8 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 1 1/2 cup cream
- 1 1/2 cup milk
- 2/3 cup raw sugar
- pinch salt
- 3-6 egg yolks, the more egg yolks the creamier
- 6 Pu-erh teabags or the equivalent amount of your favorite tea
Instructions
- 1
In a small pot heat cream and milk over low heat until steam rises.
- 2
Remove from heat, add in tea bags (with paper tags removed) and cover. Let sit for 10 mins or more until the tea flavor is fully released into the milk.
- 3
Squeeze liquid from tea bags and remove. Return milk mixture to heat and heat again til the steam rises. Remove from heat.
- 4
Mix egg yolks and sugar in bowl. Add in milk mixture little by little, stirring after each addition.
- 5
Pour the milk egg mixture back into the pot and heat over low heat until the mixture thickens into a custard. To check if custard is formed, dip spoon in mixture and run finger over the mixture coating the back of the spoon. If the line your finger makes on the spoon holds clean then your custard is done.
- 6
Remove from heat and strain into a bowl. Let the custard cool to room temperature by placing in a bowl of iced water.
- 7
Make ice cream according to the instructions of your ice cream maker.