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Matcha Mascarpone Ice Cream

Matcha Mascarpone Ice Cream with Home-made Nutty Cinnamon Granola

My take of food trend predictions for 2017 using MILK as an ingredient. Seriously...who wouldn't want to eat ice cream for breakfast?
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Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes
Servings: 6
Author: Rebecka Evans

Ingredients

For the Ice Cream

  • 1 ½ cups whole milk
  • ½ cup heavy cream
  • 1 ½ tablespoons powdered Matcha
  • 4 large egg yolks
  • ¾ cups sugar plus 2 tablespoons
  • 1 cup mascarpone cheese
  • ½ teaspoon fresh lemon juice
  • pinch salt

For the Granola

  • 3 cups old-fashioned roll oats
  • ¾ cup slivered almonds
  • ½ cup pine nuts
  • ¼ cup sun flower seeds
  • ¾ cup crushed pecans
  • 1 cup dried cranberries
  • ½ teaspoon cinnamon
  • 5 tablespoons butter
  • cup honey
  • ½ teaspoon vanilla extract

Instructions

For the Ice Cream

  • In a large bowl, combine egg yolks with ¾ cup sugar and mix with a handheld mixer until fluffy, about 3 minutes.
  • In a sauce pan, combine milk and cream and remaining 2 tablespoon sugar, bring to a simmer (do not boil). slowly add warm milk to the egg mixture. Return the mixture to the saucepan. Turn heat to medium low and cook stirring constantly, until mixture is thick enough to coat the back of a spoon (about 5 minutes) again, do not let the mixture boil. Turn off the heat, add the matcha and mascarpone. Blend until smooth. Pour mixture into a glass bowl add lemon juice and salt. Mix to combine.
  • Cool over an ice bath for about 30 minutes. Be sure to stir the mixture to aid cooling process. Pour custard into ice cream maker and process per the manufacturer's instructions. Serve immediately or transfer soft serve ice cream to an airtight container and freeze until firm. About 2 hours

For the Granola

  • Pre heat oven 325 degrees F.
  • Line baking sheet with parchment
  • In a large bowl combine oats and nuts. Stir to combine
  • In a small sauce pan, melt butter with honey. Add cinnamon and vanilla extract. Pour mixture over oat mixture and stir to combine.
  • Spread granola evenly onto the prepared baking sheet. Bake, stirring every 5 minutes until golden brown. About 20 minutes.