Lavender & Honey Ice Cream

Lavender & Honey Ice Cream

Prep: 20mins    |   Cook: 2hrs   |   Level: Moderate

Ingredients:

1 cup milk
1 cup cream
2 teaspoons of Bridestowe gourmet Culinary Lavender
5 eggs yolks
2 tablespoons Bridestowe gourmet Lavender Flower Honey
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
180g caster sugar

Method

Crush the Culinary Lavender with a pestle and mortar or grind with 1 tablespoon of the sugar in a spice or coffee grinder
Put the milk and cream into a saucepan and add the sugar, the ground Culinary Lavender and the Lavender Flower Honey to the milk and cream and bring the mixture to boiling point. Allow to cool slightly.
Beat the egg yolks until light and foamy. Slowly pour the milk and cream mixture over the egg yolks and stir until well mixed.
Return to the saucepan which has been rinsed out and cook over a moderate heat, stirring constantly until the mixture thickens and coats the back of a spoon. Add vanilla. Cover with plastic wrap and cool.
Strain the custard mixture and churn in an ice cream maker according to the manufacturer’s instructions.