Lavender Ice Cream
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Homemade Creamy Lavender Ice Cream
YIELD
2 cups
TYPE
Vegetarian & Gluten Free
TIME
1 hr 50 mins
CUISINE
American
Heavy Cream Whole Milk Culinary Lavender Sugar Salt Vanilla (optional) Food Dye
RECIPE INGREDIENTS
Make The Base
1
Combine the heavy cream, whole milk, lavender, and sugar. Place over medium-low heat and bring to a light simmer, stirring frequently to ensure the sugar dissolves. Take off the heat and let the mixture stand for 15 minutes.
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Strain
2
Strain out the lavender in a medium sized glass bowl.
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Mix & Freeze
3
Stir in the vanilla and salt. Pour the ice cream base into your ice cream machine. Follow freezing instructions. Mine takes about 30-45 minutes to reach soft serve.
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Mix
4
Transfer half the ice cream into a glass bowl and add about 1 drop of blue dye and 1 drop of red dye. Adjust the amount as necessary to achieve the color you wish for.
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Swirl & Freeze
5
Spoon the purple ice cream base and the original alternately into a freezer safe container. Swirl together with the back end of a spoon. Freeze until solid.
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