Earl Grey & Honey Ice Cream

I love using tea infusions for my ice creams and earl grey happens to be one of my favorites. There’s something comforting about the flavor and always reminds me of visiting London with my family when I take a sip (especially when it’s a London Fog from our local bakery). To my delight when I met my boyfriend’s parents a few years ago, I found out they still held tea time after moving here over 20 years ago from the U.K. This is a very cheery ice cream with a touch of coziness from the honey that would go great with a piece of warm pound cake! Cheers!

Ingredients:

3 earl grey tea bags
3 tbsp good honey

1 cup milk

2 cup heavy cream

3/4 cup sugar

5 egg yolks

Directions:

1. In a medium saucepan add tea bags, honey, sugar, milk and 1 cup of heavy cream and cook on medium low until sugar has dissolved. Remove from heat and let the mixture sit for 25 minutes

2. Remove tea bags and put the saucepan back on low heat. In a separate bowl whisk together egg yolks. Slowly pour some of the mixture into the yolks and whisk 

3. Pour yolk mixture back into saucepan and bring custard to 165-170 degrees Fahrenheit and becomes thick 

4. Strain custard mixture into remaining heavy cream and let cool for at least 8 hours in the refrigerator 

5. Once cooled, pour into ice cream maker and follow the manufacturer’s instructions