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lavender honey ice cream
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4.55 from 11 reviews

Lavender Honey Ice Cream

Eileen Gray
Lavender Honey gives this frozen custard a full-bodied, smooth texture and hauntingly lovely flavor.
Prep Time20 minutes
Bake Time20 minutes
Chilling Time4 hours
Total Time4 hours 40 minutes
Servings:8 servings

Ingredients

  • 8 oz whole milk (1 cup)
  • 16 oz heavy cream (2 cups)
  • 4 oz granulated sugar (1/2 cup)
  • 2 tablespoons dried lavender blossoms
  • 1/8 teaspoon table salt
  • 5 large egg yolks
  • 3 oz lavender honey (1/4 cup, see note)

Instructions

  • Combine the milk, cream, sugar, lavender and salt in a saucepan. Heat on high to scalding hot, careful it doesn't boil over. Turn off the heat, cover the pot and allow the mix to steep for about 20 minutes. Check the flavor. If you want it stronger allow it to steep a little longer Steep until the flavor is to your liking (see note 2).
  • Reheat the milk over medium high heat until scalding hot. While the milk mixture is heating, whisk together the yolks and lavender honey. Whisk the scalding hot milk into the yolks. Return the mixture to the pan and reduce the heat to medium low. Cook the custard, stirring constantly, until it thickens enough to coat the back of a spoon or spatula.
  • Strain the mixture into a bowl, cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 3-4 hours or overnight. Run the custard in your ice cream machine according to the manufacturer's directions
  • Pack into a container. Place plastic wrap directly on the surface of the ice cream and cover the container with a lid. Freeze at least 8 hours or overnight.

Notes

  1. You can use plain honey in place of the lavender honey.
  2. When you eat the frozen ice cream the flavor will be a little muted, so you can make the flavor just a bit stronger than perfect. Be careful though, lavender can go from a lovely light flavor to soapy if left too long. It took about 30 minutes for mine to have a flavor I liked.

Nutrition

Serving: 1/2 cup | Calories: 235kcal | Carbohydrates: 21g | Protein: 27g | Fat: 63g