Milk Tea Gelato

Taking a break from our Taiwan posts, we'll still be writing maybe one or two more on Kao Hsiung once we are done editing the photos.

For now, back to ice-cream making...we've just experimented with Milk tea gelato yesterday! We are both regular tea drinkers, hence decided why not try something using our 3-in-1 milk tea sachets at home.

Here's the recipe:
Milk - 150g
Cream - 100g
Sugar - 100g
Water - 150g
Milk tea powder - 1 sachet of Old Town White Milk Tea 40g

First, mix the milk tea power with water just like how you will usually make milk tea. Then stir in the milk, heat the mixture slowly. Pour in the sugar while stirring continuously, bring temperature to 87 degrees. After that, cool down the mixture in a cold bath, then add the cream. Once it's cooled down, move it to the fridge. At this point in time, the mixture is like 'Teh Gao Gao'.

Usually we'll  leave it overnight and churn in the gelato maker the next day, with our trusty Cuisinart ICE-100.

The Process:

The Outcome:

The texture and sweetness turned out pretty ok, with very minor ice crystals but the disappointment was that the tea taste and smell did not come out strong enough. That sets us on a pursuit to look for a stronger tea flavour, definitely an improved version will be on the way!

To our readers: whoever knows where to get quality milk tea or tea flavours, do drop us a note. Will be greatly appreciated!