Green Tea Gelato

Recipe is from Ciao Bella of San Francisco.  Enjoy! This five ingredient recipe is fantastic, gluten-free, but not vegan.  Try it:

Ingredients:

Whole Milk   2 Cups
Cream   1 Cup
4 Egg Yolks
Sugar   2/3 Cups
Matcha Green Tea Powder    2 Tablespoons

Directions:

1. Combine milk and cream in a medium sized saucepan.  Stir to prevent skin from forming.  Heat until bubbles begin to form around the edges (temperature should be ~170ºF if you’re using a thermometer).
2. While heating the milk/cream, whisk egg yolks in your standmixer on high speed.  After 1 minute, add in sugar and continue to whisk until the yolk-sugar combination becomes thick, pale yellow and reaches the ribbon stage.  Turn the speed down once it reaches this stage to the lowest setting.
3. Next, temper the egg yolks by slow pouring the hot milk into eggs.
4. Then, pour the mixture back into the saucepan and cook stirring constantly.  It is ready when the custard is thick enough to coat the back of a spoon (~185ºF).
5. Set a bowl over an ice bath and pour the custard through a mesh strainer.  Stir intermittently until custard has cooled.
6. Once cooled, cover and place in refrigerator overnight or for at least 4 hours.
7. The next day, pour the cooled gelato base  into a blender and drop in 2 tbsp of green tea powder.  Blend until smooth.
8. Then transfer to ice cream maker and follow manufacturer’s instructions.