Green Tea ice cream. Some people adore it, some people think it’s awful. I think because it’s not overly sweet and almost borders on savory. I love it.
I like this recipe 1) because you don’t have to ‘cook’ the base (I hate cooking ice cream bases) and 2) it’s not overly rich, but just…right. Great for an after dinner palate cleanser.
The thing is – the ONLY way to make this is to use MATCHA. That is powdered green tea
ingredients:
1/3 cup water
1/3 cup sugar
3 teaspoons powdered green tea
1 cup heavy cream
1 cup whole milk
Cook the sugar and water over low heat, basically making a simple syrup. Remove from the heat, and add about 1/3 of the syrup into a separate bowl, with the matcha.
Don’t freak. The stuff looks nasty. Almost seaweed like, and believe me, it could smell better too. Dump that mixture back into the pan with the simple syrup and mix well.
In a medium bowl, add the cream and the milk – then add the matcha mixture. Cool it down in the fridge for about 15 – 20 mins. It will turn a lovely lime green color.
Pour it into your ice cream maker – according to manufacturer’s directions and there you have it. Yummy green tea ice cream….great with shave ice, too! If you like this, you should try my lychee sorbet…
Just look at all those toppings!
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Oh yum! Thanks for the recipe. I love how refreshing green tea ice cream is, so i`ll definitely have to try this!
Thanks, I will try this recipe. We love green tea ice cream. Where did you get you ice cream carton containers?
You can get the containers at Surfas or Smart and Final. They are SOUP containers…
Jenn, thanks for sending the link. I don’t like green tea, but my husband does and I LOVE the color of your ice cream, so I will have to try and link to this from Scoopalicious! Glad someone asked about the cartons, but being from new england, I have no idea of any of those stores…have never heard of them!
You did great! (I also loved your “don’t freak” part:)). Thanks for sharing!
-Mandy
Hi Jen,
I’ve made green tea ice cream, but I tweaked the recipe a bit-okay, a lot. I used a lot more sugar(I’m bad, don’t ask). I also added l/4 tsp salt and simmered a vanilla bean in the milk (l and 1/2 cups milk to 1/2 cup of heavy cream). Then right before I put the mix in the ice cream maker after I chilled it over night, I stirred in a cup of creme fraiche. I guess you could use plain old sour cream, but the creme fraiche adds a yummy rich taste and mellows out the green tea flavor a bit. I also used 3 tablespoons of matcha. We can’t stop eating this, trust me we’ve tried and failed. It’s too good. Tell me what you think if you try this adaptation. Later….. June
Thanks for this recipe…if I had known it was so simple to make, I would have tried it years ago. Now green tea ice cream doesn’t have to be this exotic thing that you can only get in Japanese restaurants here in Milwaukee. Actually, Whole Foods sells it now, and Asian Mart, but…I’m just happy to be able to make it at home whenever I feel like it!