Green Tea Ice Cream

Yield: 6 servings (serving size: 1/2 cup)

Ingredients

• 1 1/2  cups  water
• 3/4  cup  sugar
• 2  tablespoons  loose Chinese gunpowder green tea or green tea (about 3 tea bags)
• 4  teaspoons  fresh lemon juice
• 1 1/4  cups  whole milk

Preparation

Combine water and sugar in a small saucepan; bring to a boil, stirring until sugar dissolves. Add tea; cover and steep 5 minutes. Strain tea mixture through a fine sieve into a bowl; discard tea leaves. Stir in lemon juice; chill completely.

Stir in milk. Pour mixture into the freezer can of an ice-cream freezer; freeze according to manufacturer's instructions. Spoon the ice cream into a freezer-safe container; cover and freeze 2 hours or until firm.

Nutritional Information

Calories:

143 (12% from fat)

Fat:

1.9g (sat 1.1g,mono 0.6g,poly 0.1g)

Protein:

3g

Carbohydrate:

29.7g

Fiber:

0.0g

Cholesterol:

7mg

Iron:

0.9mg

Sodium:

28mg

Calcium:

73mg