Lapsang souchong and orange ripple ice cream

April 12, 2013 (Last Updated: January 11, 2019)

Recipes by Jacques Erasmus
Photography by Myburgh de Plessis

Lapsang souchong and orange ripple ice cream

Serves: 1L
Cooking Time: 30 minutes + freezing

Ingredients

  • 450ml milk
  • 40ml lapsang souchong tea leaves (available from good tea shops)
  • 1 slice orange rind
  • 450ml fresh cream
  • 8 egg yolks
  • 100g (½ cup) sugar + 50ml extra
  • 5ml (1 tsp) cornflour + 10ml (2 tsp) extra
  • 5ml (1 tsp) vanilla extract
  • 150ml orange juice
  • a pinch of salt

Instructions

1

Place the milk, tea and orange rind in a saucepan and bring to a simmer. Allow the milk to cool with the tea and rind in the pan, and strain.

2

Pour the flavoured milk and cream into a saucepan and bring to a simmer.

3

Whisk the egg yolks, 100g (½ cup) sugar, 5ml (1 tsp) cornflour and vanilla together, and stir into the warm mixture. Stir over low heat until the custard has thickened. Allow to cool.

4

Combine the orange juice, the 50ml sugar, 10ml (2 tsp) cornflour and salt, and bring to a boil. Simmer until the syrup has thickened. Set aside to cool.

5

Place the cooled custard into an icecream machine or freeze in a bowl and stir every 30 minutes until the ice cream is smooth.

6

Marble the ice cream with the orange syrup and freeze until ready to serve.

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