Lavender Ice Cream

Title:
Lavender Ice Cream

Yield:
8 Servings

Categories:
Desserts,
Ice
cream,
Herbs,
Flowers




Ingredients:





    14 oz Milk


     3 oz Lavender leaves and flowers


     2 oz Crystallized ginger; chopped


     1 c  Sugar


     3    Egg yolks


     2 c  Heavy whipping cream; cold





--------------------------------FOR
GARNISH--------------------------------


          Lavender flowers





 In a saucepan, slowly heat milk to approximately 200 F. Remove from fire


 and add lavender.  Allow to steep for 15 minutes. Strain milk through


 cheesecloth while warm. Add crystallized ginger and sugar to milk. Place


 egg yolks into a small bowl; then put half the mixture from saucepan into


 the bowl to blend.  Stir mixture with a spoon and pour back into the


 saucepan. Place over low heat and cook until mixture is approximately 200


 F.  Add 2 cups cold heavy whipping cream and place into refrigerator until


 well chilled. Process in any ice cream machine. During the last few minutes


 of ice cream processing, sprinkle individual lavender flowers (stripped


 from lower heads) into the ice cream so they will be whipped into it. Makes


       1    quart


 


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