Green Tea Recipes
Green Tea Ice Cream (serves 4-6)Ingredients 1
cup full cream milk 2 tblsp Japanese Green Tea leaves
or 8 Green Tea teabags 1/4 cup caster sugar 4
egg yolks 1 cup cream 1 tsp freshly
squeezed lime juice 1-2 drops green food
colouring
MethodFirstly, place the milk and
sugar in a saucepan and bring ingredients to near boiling
point. Stir continuously while adding the green tea leaves to the
saucepan. Allow the mixture to cool. preferably overnight
in a refrigerator, but for a minimum of 2-3 hours at least.
This cooling off period allows the green tea to impart flavour into the
mixture. Once cooled, remove from refrigerator and strain through a
very fine sieve to seperate the leaves. Meanwhile, prepare the
four egg yolks by whisking them in a seperate bowl. Re-heat the flavoured
milk and pour over the freshly whisked yolks. Gently mix the ingredients
together before returning the mix to the saucepan. Once again, stir
well to prevent the mixture from boiling. With gentle heating the
ingredients will form a smooth custard. Once the custard coats the back
of the spoon, remove the saucepan from the heat and allow to
cool. Once cooled, combine the cream, lime-juice and food
colouring to the mixture and stir well. Transfer the mix to an ice cream
maker and follow the manufacturer's instructions on churning.
If you do not have an ice cream maker, then freeze the mixture in a
small plastic container until it is slightly firm, remove and whisk
well. Replace the mix back into the freezer and repeat the
whisking process after 3 hours. Return the mix to the freezer for the
final time, and freeze until ready to serve. Green Tea Doughnuts
Ingredients
MethodBegin by heating the oil in a deep fat fryer to about 375
degrees. While the oil heats, melt some butter in a seperate
saucepan. Meanwhile, make a green tea mixture by adding the tea
powder into a cup of water. Follow the packet guidelines for
the pancake mix, then add the egg, milk, butter and green tea and whisk
until smooth. Roll out the dough with a rolling pin until about
1/4 inch thick. Cut out small circles and roll into balls. Fry the dough
balls for 2-3 minutes in the deep fat fryer, or until golden
brown. Remove excess oil by draining on paper towels, then
sprinkle with ordinary sugar or cinnamon.
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