green tea ice cream

i wanted to make green tea ice cream, and it was a last minute decision to serve that over brownies. it was a good decision. usually i bake my own brownies, but since this was last minute, i just grabbed a pre mixed box of brownies and baked them. now the green tea ice cream, was very easy to make and it was really tasty. the only problem was i should have went with my gut instinct and ignored one part of the recipe. the recipe said to whipped the heavy cream and fold it into the rest of the mixture, then freeze it according to your ice cream manufacturers directions. i've never heard of whipping cream and then putting it in an ice cream mixture, so i should have just put the heavy cream in without whipping it. what happened was the whipped cream froze in chunks in the ice cream mixture so it taste like frozen whipped cream instead of ice cream. i know that sounds good but the texture was all wrong, and the ice cream was chunky instead of smooth. so don't do that EVER when making ice cream. i think this recipe was trying to fuck with me.


2 egg yolk
2 tablespoon dry green tea
1 tbsp sugar
1/2 vanilla pod
1 1/4 cup heavy cream
1/4 cup sugar
1 1/4 cup milk
2 tbsp boiling water

take green tea and soak in boiling water with the tbsp of sugar for 10-12 minutes.
in a saucepan put in the vanilla and milk and bring to a gentle boil, the pour this mixture over the tea. let stand 5-6 minutes.
beat the egg yolkd with the 1/4 cup sugar in a separate bowl, then strain the milk mixture into it.
transfer to a saucepan and gently heat until mixture is thick, stirring constantly. leave to cool. (whip the heavy cream and fold into the cooled tea mixture: WARNING IGNORE THAT COMPLETELY AND JUST ADD THE HEAVY CREAM TO THE COOLED TEA MIXTURE) then transfer to an ice cream maker and follow manufacturer's instructions.