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Thai Iced Tea Ice Cream made in a Ninja CREAMi, served
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Thai Iced Tea

Creamy orange-tan ice cream with strong spiced tea and sweet condensed milk, like the Thai street-stall iced tea in a scoop.

Hands-on
25 min
Cooling
1 h
Freeze
24 h
Program
Ice Cream
Makes
4 servings6 servings

Good forSummerWild flavors

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Nutrition

Per 100 g, estimatedPer serving (¼ of a 473 ml16 oz tubpint, about 121 g), estimated

207kcal
4.9 gProtein
13 gFat
19 gCarbs
19 gSugar
252kcal
6 gProtein
15 gFat
24 gCarbs
24 gSugar

Whole tubpint: 1007 kcal, 24 g protein1511 kcal, 36 g protein (709 ml24 oz). Contains: Milk.

Ingredients

5 ingredients
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whole milkheavy creamsweetened condensed milkevaporated milk max fill
whole milkheavy creamsweetened condensed milkevaporated milk max fill

445 of 473 ml668 of 709 ml

In the tubpintScale reads

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Steps

  1. Heat 180 ml whole milk180 ml whole milk¾ cup whole milk270 ml whole milk270 ml whole milk1 cup + 2 tbsp whole milk and 110 ml whipping cream110 ml whipping cream⅓ cup + 2 tbsp heavy cream165 ml whipping cream170 ml whipping cream⅔ cup heavy cream in a saucepan until steaming. Take the pan off the heat.
  2. Stir in 3 tbsp Thai tea mix3 tbsp Thai tea mix3 tbsp Thai tea mix4½ tbsp Thai tea mix4½ tbsp Thai tea mix4½ tbsp Thai tea mix, cover and steep for 10 minutes.
  3. Strain through a fine sieve lined with a thin, clean cloth. When it is cool enough to handle, gather up the cloth and squeeze out all the cream. Discard the tea.
  4. Whisk in 110 ml sweetened condensed milk110 ml sweetened condensed milk⅓ cup + 2 tbsp sweetened condensed milk165 ml sweetened condensed milk170 ml sweetened condensed milk⅔ cup sweetened condensed milk and 45 ml evaporated milk3 tbsp evaporated milk3 tbsp evaporated milk70 ml evaporated milk70 ml evaporated milk¼ cup evaporated milk until smooth.
  5. Pour into the tubpint, cool to room temperature, then put the lid on.
  6. Once it is completely cool, freeze the tubpint on a level shelf for 24 hours.
  7. Take the lid off, set the tubpint in the outer bowl and lock it into the machine. Run Ice Cream.
  8. If it looks crumbly or powdery, add 15 ml whole milk1 tbsp whole milk1 tbsp whole milk25 ml whole milk1½ tbsp whole milk1½ tbsp whole milk and run Re-spin.

To serve: Drizzle a spoonful of sweetened condensed milk over each scoop.

My notes

Tips

  • Use loose Thai tea mix from Asian grocery stores, not instant powder with sugar and creamer. No mix? Steep 4 black tea bags and 1 star anise, decaf if you like. The tubpint will be tan, not orange.
  • For a stronger tea flavor, steep up to 15 minutes; longer turns it bitter. For a less sweet tubpint, swap 2 tbsp of the condensed milk for cream.
  • No evaporated milk? Use the same amount of cream. Rinse the cloth and pan right after straining: the orange coloring stains.

Why it works

Condensed and evaporated milk add sugar and milk solids with very little water, so the tubpint spins dense and creamy. Fat in the milk and cream carries the spicy, vanilla-like aroma of the tea.

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