Black Currant Tea Ice Cream Food

BLACKCURRANT NO-CHURN ICE CREAM

Steps:

• Place 400g of the blackcurrants in a large saucepan with the zest of 1 lemon and juice of ½, plus 4 tbsp water. Bring to the boil, then reduce to a simmer and cook for 6-8 mins until the fruit has broken down and the liquid has reduced and thickened slightly. Remove from the heat and allow to cool.
• Pass the fruit through a sieve over a mixing bowl. Use the back of a spoon to press down on the fruit and squeeze out all the juice, then discard the remaining stalks and pulp from the sieve, and set aside the liquid.
• Combine the double cream and condensed milk in a large mixing bowl. Whisk until thickened but not stiff, then add the fruit and stir to combine. Tip into a freezer-proof container, cover with a lid and freeze for at least 6 hrs. Remove from the freezer 30 mins before serving, then serve in bowls topped with the remaining blackcurrants.

BLACK-CURRANT YOGURT ICE CREAM

Steps:

• Mix together the yogurt, vanilla extract and honey and freeze until mushy - about an hour.
• Put the black-currants in a saucepan with the orange juice and sugar.
• Cover and simmer over low heat for 5 minutes (gooseberries would take about 10 minutes).
• Remove from the heat and let the fruit steep for 30 minutes.
• Strain and allow to cool completely.
• Stir the fruit into the yogurt.
• Freeze for an hour.
• Beat the egg whites until stiff, fold them in and freeze for 1-2 hours, or until firm.

BLACK CURRANT ICE TEA

Steps:

• Bring water to a boil. Steep tea according to package directions. Let cool to room temperature. Pour tea into a pitcher filled with ice. Add flavored syrup and stir.

BLACK CURRANT TEA WITH CINNAMON AND GINGER

Steps:

• Bring 6 cups water to boil in large saucepan.
• Add tea bags, broken cinnamon sticks, and fresh ginger.
• Remove from heat. Cover; steep 10 minutes.
• Mix in juice concentrate and sugar. Chill until cold.
• Strain tea mixture into pitcher. (Can be made 1 day ahead. Cover and chill.).
• Fill 8 wineglasses with ice. Pour tea mixture over.
• Garnish with cinnamon sticks and ginger rounds.

BLACK CURRANT TEA ICE CREAM

Steps:

• Warm the milk, 1 cup (250 ml) of the cream, sugar, and tea leaves in a medium saucepan. Cover, remove from the heat, and let steep at room temperature for 1 hour.
• Rewarm the tea-infused milk. Pour the remaining 1 cup (250 ml) cream into a large bowl and set a mesh strainer on top. In a separate medium bowl, whisk together the egg yolks. Slowly pour the warm mixture into the egg yolks, whisking constantly, then scrape the warmed egg yolks back into the saucepan.
• Stir the mixture constantly over medium heat with a heatproof spatula, scraping the bottom as you stir, until the mixture thickens and coats the spatula. Pour the custard through the strainer into the cream, pressing gently on the tea leaves to extract the maximum flavor from them, then discard the leaves. Stir until cool over an ice bath.
• Chill the mixture thoroughly in the refrigerator, then freeze it in your ice cream maker according to the manufacturer's instructions.
• Make Black Currant Tea and Chocolate Truffle Ice Cream by adding Dark Chocolate Truffles (page 211), or swirl this ice cream with Fudge Ripple (page 210) to make Black Currant Tea and Fudge Ripple Ice Cream.