Honey Lavender Ice Cream

Name: Honey Lavender Ice Cream
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 2 Tbsps dried edible lavender flowers; 2 larges eggs; 237 milliliters half-and-half; 473 milliliters heavy cream; 158 milliliters mild honey; 0 teaspoons salt

You can never have too many dessert recipes, so give Honey Lavender Ice Cream If you have salt, eggs, mild honey, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. It can be enjoyed any time, but it is especially good for Summer. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 45 minutes.

Instructions

Bring cream, half-and-half, honey, and lavender just to a boil in a 2-quart heavy saucepan over moderate heat, stirring occasionally, then remove pan from heat.

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Fresh Lavender

Cream

Honey

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Let steep, covered, 30 minutes.

Pour cream mixture through a fine-mesh sieve into a bowl and discard lavender. Return mixture to cleaned saucepan and heat over moderate heat until hot.

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Fresh Lavender

Cream

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Sauce Pan

Sieve

Bowl

Whisk together eggs and salt in a large bowl, then add 1 cup hot cream mixture in a slow stream, whisking.

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Cream

Egg

Salt

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Whisk

Bowl

Pour into remaining hot cream mixture in saucepan and cook over moderately low heat, stirring constantly with a wooden spoon, until thick enough to coat back of spoon and registers 170 to 175°F on thermometer, about 5 minutes (do not let boil).

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Cream

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Wooden Spoon

Kitchen Thermometer

Sauce Pan

Pour custard through sieve into cleaned bowl and cool completely, stirring occasionally. Chill, covered, until cold, at least 3 hours.

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Custard

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Sieve

Bowl

Freeze custard in ice cream maker.

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Ice Cream

Custard

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Ice Cream Machine

Transfer ice cream to an airtight container and put in freezer to harden.

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Ice Cream

• To cool custard quickly after straining, set bowl in a larger bowl of ice and cold water and stir until chilled. • Custard can chill up to 1 day before freezing. • Ice cream keeps 1 week.*Available at Penzeys (800-741-778

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Ice Cream

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