Lavender-Blueberry Ice Cream

Name: Lavender-Blueberry Ice Cream
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 10
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 237 milliliters blueberries, rinsed; 1 teaspoons ground cinnamon; 710 milliliters half-and-half; 2 Tbsps dried culinary lavender blossoms; 177 milliliters sugar; 1 teaspoons vanilla

Lavender-Blueberry Ice Cream is a gluten free, fodmap friendly, and vegetarian recipe with 10 servings. This recipe covers 3% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One serving contains 163 calories, 2g of protein, and 8g of fat. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 45 minutes. It can be enjoyed any time, but it is especially good for Summer. Head to the store and pick up blueberries, sugar, half-and-half, and a few other things to make it today.

Instructions

In a 1- to 1 1/2-quart pan over medium-high heat, stir blueberries, sugar, and 1/2 cup water until berries begin to pop, 4 to 5 minutes.

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Blueberries

Berries

Sugar

Water

Pop

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Frying Pan

Pour mixture through a fine strainer set over a bowl.

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Sieve

Bowl

Pour blueberries into a blender. Return berry syrup to pan.

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Blueberries

Berries

Syrup

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Frying Pan

Add lavender to syrup and stir over medium heat until syrup is infused with flavor, about 5 minutes. Strain into blender, pressing to extract liquid. Discard lavender.

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Fresh Lavender

Syrup

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Add cinnamon and vanilla to blender; whirl until mixture is smooth.

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Cinnamon

Vanilla

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Pour into a bowl, nest in ice water, and stir often until cold, about 15 minutes. Stir in half-and-half.

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Water

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Bowl

Pour chilled mixture into an ice cream maker (1 1/2-qt. or larger capacity). Freeze according to manufacturer's directions until firm enough to scoop.

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Ice Cream