Ingredients

Green tea ice cream

• 600 ml (1 pt) milk
• vanilla pod, split in half and seeds scraped out
• 50 g (2 oz) fresh green tea leaves
• 7 egg yolks
• 250 g (9 oz) caster sugar
• 750 ml (1¼ pt) double cream.

Honey glazed figs

• 25 g (1 oz) butter
• 2 tablespoons (30 ml or 1 fl oz) honey
• 3 figs, cut in half.

Special equipment

• Ice cream maker

Method

Green tea ice cream

1. Heat the milk in a pan with the vanilla pod and green tea leaves.
2. Beat the egg yolks and caster sugar together in a mixing bowl until pale and fluffy.
3. Strain the hot milk mixture through a sieve onto the eggs and whisk together.
4. Return it to the pan and cook gently until the mixture coats the back of a spoon, then add the double cream. Allow the mixture to cool. Transfer the mixture to an ice-cream machine and churn it.
5. Place the ice cream in a suitable container and freeze until required.
6. Serve with cones or honey glazed figs. 

Honey glazed figs

1. Heat a pan on the stove and melt the butter and honey.
2. Place the figs in the pan and cook for a few mins until golden.
3. Serve with your ice cream.

Did you know?

Tea drinking started in China almost 5000 years ago.