Honey roasted pistachio matcha ice-cream

original post: http://greedygirlcooks.blogspot.com/2015/07/honey-roasted-pistachio-matcha-ice-cream.html

(Jeni’s splendid ice-cream base)

2 cup Milk

1 ¼ cup Cream

2/3 cup Sugar

2 tablespoon Corn syrup

3 table spoon Cream cheese

1 table spoon plus 1 teaspoon Corn starch

2 tablespoon milk

2 tablespoon matcha green tea powder

½ teaspoon almond extract

Honey roasted pistachio

1 tablespoon melted butter

1 cup pistachios

1 tablespoon honey

1 teaspoon sugar

Instructions

For the Pistachios

• In a dish stir together melted butter, honey and pitachios
• Spread on a lined baking sheet and sprinkle with sugar
• Place in a 350 degree oven and Bake until golden brown and fragrant (burns very easily)
• Remove from heat and set aside to cool

For the ice-cream

• In a dish make the cornstarch slurry by combining the corn starch and 2 tablespoon milk
• In a separate bowl lightly whisk the cream cheese, almond extract and salt
• In a pot bring to boil the cream, milk, sugar and corn syrup for 4 minutes exactly
• Once it’s been boiling for four minutes remove from the heat and stir in the cornstarch slurry
• Place back on the heat and stir allowing it to slightly thicken for a minute
• Pour the hot milk mixture into the bowl of cream cheese to dissolve it remove lumps
• Take a portion (about 1 cup) of the warm mixture and blend with the matcha to remove lumps
• Add the mixture aback to the batch and completely incorporate
• Pour contents into a zip lock bag
• Prepare a bowl filled with ice
• Place the zip lock bags in the ice bath and allow the mixture to completely cool
• Churn the milk mixtures in an ice-cream maker
• Layer in a baking pan, honey roasted nuts and ice cream
• Press down parchment paper on the top surface of the ice-cream and allow it to harden for at least 4 hours in the freezer.

Greedy tips:

• The honey roasted pistachio Is not a set it and forget it, You need to watch it like a hawk, I almost burned one batch and in an attempt to get the second batch perfect I looked away for two minutes and completely burnt it even worse than the first. So keep a steady eye on it, the sugar burns very quickly.
• If you don’t like the added sugar you can dry roast the pistachios they will roast slower than the honey roasted.