Custard: Earl Grey

Ingredients

I1:πŸ’§1.5 cups water
I2:🍡4 bags Earl Grey tea
I3:🍬1 cup sugar
I4:πŸ₯›cream and half and half to make 3 cups
I5:πŸ₯š6 egg yolks
I6:πŸ§‚ΒΌ tsp salt

Instructions

Step 1:Boil
β†–I1: πŸ’§ 1.5 cups water
Step 2:Steep tea for 4 minutes.
β†–I2: 🍡 4 bags Earl Grey tea
Step 3:Drain tea into blender.
Step 4:Measure volume of tea water as X
Step 5:Mix sugar with hot tea
β†–I3: 🍬 1 cup sugar
Step 6:Add X cups cream and (3-2X) cups half and half.
β†–I4: πŸ₯› cream and half and half to make 3 cups
Step 7:Blend
β†–I5: πŸ₯š 6 egg yolks
β†–I6: πŸ§‚ ΒΌ tsp salt
Step 8:Sous vide at 175F for an hour
Step 9:Churn

Notes

You want three cups of liquid total. To achieve the desired fat content, the heavy cream volume needs to match the volume of steeped tea, and the remaining of liquid should be half and half.


Raw recipe file

## Variant 1

I1: 1.5 cups water
I2: 4 bags Earl Grey tea
I3: 1 cup sugar
I4: cream and half and half to make 3 cups
I5: 6 egg yolks
I6: ΒΌ tsp salt

I1
O1: Boil
I2
O2: Steep tea for 4 minutes.
O3: Drain tea into blender.
O4: Measure volume of tea water as X
I3
O5: Mix sugar with hot tea
I4
O6: Add X cups cream and (3-2X) cups half and half.
I(5-6)
O7: Blend
O8: Sous vide at 175F for an hour
O9: Churn

### Notes

You want three cups of liquid total. To achieve the desired fat content, the heavy cream volume needs to match the volume of steeped tea, and the remaining of liquid should be half and half.