Green Tea Ice Cream With Peanut Sprinkle

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups milk
• 1 tablespoon loose green tea
• 6 egg yolks
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 2 cups whipping cream
• 1 1/2 tablespoons japanese green tea powder
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1 dash salt
• 1 cup roasted unsalted peanuts
• 2 teaspoons egg whites

Recipe

• 1 heat milk with tea for 5 minutes just below a simmer. whisk together egg yolks and sugar. gradually whisk hot milk into egg mixture until all milk has been added. return to pot and cook over medium-low heat, stirring with a wooden spoon until it coats the back of a spoon. strain and chill completely.
• 2 stir in cream and green tea powder and churn in an ice cream maker according to manufacturer's instructions.
• 3 spoon into a container and freeze until firm.
• 4 yield: 5 cups ice cream.
• 5 peanut sprinkle:.
• 6 combine sugar and salt. toss peanuts with egg to coat. pour sugar mixture over peanuts and combine well. spread onto a parchment-lined baking sheet and let dry for at least 2 hours. roughly chop peanuts.
• 7 peanuts will keep for up to 2 months in an airtight container.
• 8 yield: 1 cup peanuts.
• 9 chef anna olson.