Green tea ice cream

Green tea/ matcha ice cream.. Always my favourite ice cream flavour in any ice cream outlet...

I have seen a u-mate fb's post on homemade ice cream and this make me feel to make my own ice cream... Google on the recipe and I notice that there are recipes which need a machine and without a machine, hence I start my research on ice cream maker and ice cream recipe.

At last, I make up my mind to purchase Kenwood IM280 Ice Cream Maker from Lazada at the price of RM 119 ( Lazada price RM169 with Rhb debit card RM 50 instant discount) instead of RM199 member's price from SENQ. 

Of course, the 1st ice cream recipe to try on is my favourite green tea flavour.

I got the recipe from Nasi Lemak Lover (http://nasilemaklover.blogspot.com/2012/08/matcha-green-tea-ice-cream.html) and double up the portion so that there are more to enjoy and no whipping cream wasted.

The result is not disappointing, however it makes me very nervous and worry during the churning of the ice cream maker. The mixture took much more longer to get concentrated/solidified ( ~45 minutes) and the mixture churned after 45mins is not as concentrated as shown in YouTube and other bloggers (suspected the mixture is not chilled enough) before putting into the maker for churning.

Overall, the ice cream texture is awesome although it is not as smooth and creamy compared to those from Baskin Robin and Haegen Daaz.

I would definitely try for 2nd times or N times on this recipe. :)

Recipe: Green tea/ Matcha Ice cream

Yield: 1L Tupperware container

Ingredients:

2 cup whipping cream

2 cup fresh/ low fat milk

6 tbsp natural green tea powder ( I got it from purple cane)

1 cup sugar

2 pinch of salt

Method:

1. Freeze ice cream bowl for 24 hrs.

2. Mix all ingredients in a saucepan/ pot, cook till sugar dissolved. After cooled down, refrigerate the mixture until completely chilled. (This mixture need to be chilled for best result)

3. Churn in ice cream maker until solidified/ concentrated (~30 mins) according to manufacturer's instructions.

4. Transfer into a container and freeze overnight before serving.