Thai Tea Ice Cream
This simple recipe for smooth and creamy Thai tea ice cream includes a Thai tea ice cream base with ribbons of chocolate throughout.

- Prep time
- 10 min
- Cook time
- 10 min
- Yield
- 6 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 1 ½ cup heavy cream
- 1 ½ cup whole milk
- 3 tbsp Thai tea mix
- 6 egg yolks
- ¼ cup condensed milk
- ¼ cup granulated sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- ¼ tsp salt
- 1 oz dark chocolate (optional)
- 1 tsp coconut oil (optional)
Instructions
- 1
Combine heavy cream and whole milk in a bowl or large cup. Heat in microwave for 1-2 minutes until hot. Add the Thai tea mix and whisk until the liquid turns orange. Let it steep for 15 minutes.
- 2
Once done, strain the Thai tea mixture into a sauce pan and heat the cream until hot. Turn off the heat.
- 3
Whisk together egg yolks, condensed milk, and granulated sugar. Add 1/4 cup of the hot cream into the egg mixture to temper the eggs. Mix the eggs and hot cream, and then pour that mixture into the sauce pan.
- 4
Add vanilla extract and salt. Turn the heat back on and mix the ice cream base until well combined.
- 5
Continue heating the ice cream base until the cream reaches 170 degrees F. Use a candy thermometer to measure the temperature of the cream.
- 6
Pour the cream through a fine mesh sieve into a large bowl. This will get rid of any egg or milk solids in the cream.
- 7
Put ice cream base in the fridge for 6-8 hours or overnight.
- 8
Pour the cream into an ice cream maker and churn for 10-15 minutes.
- 9
While the ice cream is churning, combine the chocolate and coconut oil. Microwave in 20 second intervals until the chocolate is melted. Mix together.
- 10
After the ice cream has churned for 5 minutes, drizzle the melted chocolate into the churning ice cream. The cold ice cream will harden the chocolate.
- 11
The resulting ice cream after 10-15 minutes should be slightly harder than soft serve.
- 12
Spoon the ice cream into a freezer safe container and freeze overnight.