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Fresh Mint Ice Cream with Lavender Recipe
Photo: Ian Dooley

Fresh Mint Ice Cream with Lavender Recipe

8 ingredients 1 quart openrecipes

This recipe combines the best of two fresh mint ice cream recipes I found (one from the NPR site—and one that I just realized was a Chowhound post) and...

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

339
Calories
15g
Protein
19g
Fat
26g
Carbs

Counts 6 of 8 ingredients — the other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 6 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Milk 1 cup (244ml) whole 149
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Cream 1 tbsp (15ml) heavy 51
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Vanilla 1 tsp extract (4ml) 12
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Peppermint not in our table 0
Lavender not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 1 cup fresh mint leaves
  • 2 tablespoons fresh lavender (or 1 tablespoon dried lavender)
  • 1 ½ cups milk (I used 1 % Simply Smart)
  • 1 ½ cups heavy cream
  • 2/3 cup sugar, divided (1/3 cup for milk mixture; 1/3 cup for egg yolks)
  • 5 egg yolks
  • ½ teaspoon coarse salt
  • ½ teaspoon Penzey’s Double-Strength Vanilla

Directions

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By chow · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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