Lavender Honey Ice Cream

This ice cream is best when made with true miel de lavande, French lavender honey from Provence, which is produced by bees that feed primarily on lavender blossoms, imparting a creamy texture and distinctive flavor and scent.

  • Serves

    serves 6

Ingredients

Instructions

Step 1

Beat egg yolks until thick and yellow, then slowly add sugar.

Step 2

Scald milk, then pour into eggs and sugar in a thin stream, beating with a whisk. Add honey and whisk until dissolved. Cook over low heat, stirring constantly until thick enough to coat the back of a spoon. Cool and refrigerate until cold.

Step 3

Pour into an ice cream maker and process according to manufacturer's directions. Keep ice cream frozen hard until use.
  1. Beat egg yolks until thick and yellow, then slowly add sugar.
  2. Scald milk, then pour into eggs and sugar in a thin stream, beating with a whisk. Add honey and whisk until dissolved. Cook over low heat, stirring constantly until thick enough to coat the back of a spoon. Cool and refrigerate until cold.
  3. Pour into an ice cream maker and process according to manufacturer's directions. Keep ice cream frozen hard until use.
Recipes

Lavender Honey Ice Cream

  • Serves

    serves 6

Lavender Honey Ice Cream
HELEN ROSNER

This ice cream is best when made with true miel de lavande, French lavender honey from Provence, which is produced by bees that feed primarily on lavender blossoms, imparting a creamy texture and distinctive flavor and scent.

Ingredients

Instructions

Step 1

Beat egg yolks until thick and yellow, then slowly add sugar.

Step 2

Scald milk, then pour into eggs and sugar in a thin stream, beating with a whisk. Add honey and whisk until dissolved. Cook over low heat, stirring constantly until thick enough to coat the back of a spoon. Cool and refrigerate until cold.

Step 3

Pour into an ice cream maker and process according to manufacturer's directions. Keep ice cream frozen hard until use.
  1. Beat egg yolks until thick and yellow, then slowly add sugar.
  2. Scald milk, then pour into eggs and sugar in a thin stream, beating with a whisk. Add honey and whisk until dissolved. Cook over low heat, stirring constantly until thick enough to coat the back of a spoon. Cool and refrigerate until cold.
  3. Pour into an ice cream maker and process according to manufacturer's directions. Keep ice cream frozen hard until use.

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