Les Fleurs de Glace en Australie 8

This beautiful ice cream was made to honor the beauty of Australian flowers. It has the delicate flavors of dried rose petals and lavender buds mixed with creamy vanilla.

Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 cups heavy cream
• 1/2 cup whole milk
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 vanilla bean, split and seeds scraped out
• 1/4 cup dried edible rose petals
• 1/4 cup dried lavender buds
• 2 tablespoons honey
• Pinch of salt

Instructions:

Melt the vanilla bean and seeds in a saucepan

Add the heavy cream, milk, sugar, rose petals, lavender buds, honey, and salt

Stir the mixture every so often while heating it over medium-low heat until it starts to steam and the sugar is gone

Take it off the heat and let it sit for 30 minutes

Using a fine-mesh sieve, strain the mixture into a bowl

Press down on the solids to get the flavors out

Place in the fridge with the lid on for at least 4 hours or overnight to chill

Put the mixture into an ice cream maker and churn it according to the directions on the machine

Put ice cream that has been churned into a container and freeze it for at least two hours, or until it is firm

If you want, you can serve ice cream scoops with fresh rose petals and lavender buds on top