Bridgerton Gunter's Tea Shop Royal Ice Cream Recipe
A recipe for Royal Ice Cream inspired by the Netflix series, Bridgerton. This recipe comes from the cookbook of one of the confectioners from Gunter's Tea Shop. The ice cream is flavored with orange, lemon, and pistachios.
Equipment
- ice cream machine
Ingredients
Sugar Syrup
- 2 ounces granulated sugar
- 2 ounces water
Ice Cream Base
- 8 ounces heavy cream
- 4 egg yolks
- 1 whole egg
- 1 zest of lemon
- 1 tsp orange blossom water
- 1/4 tsp cinnamon
- 1/8 tsp cloves
- 1/4 cup toasted pistachios roughly chopped
- 2 tbsp diced candied orange peel
- 2 tbsp diced candied lemon peel
Instructions
Sugar Syrup
- In a saucepan, combine your sugar and water and place over medium heat. Bring to a simmer and cook until sugar has dissolved. Remove from heat and set aside to cool.
Ice Cream Base
- In a bowl, whisk together the yolks and egg and set aside.
- In a saucepan, combine your cream, lemon zest, cinnamon, cloves, and orange blossom water. Place over medium heat and bring just to a simmer. While constantly whisking, slowly stream the hot cream into the eggs.
- Once combined, return the mixture back over medium heat. Keep stirring the mixture with a rubber spatula until it starts to thicken and coat the spatula, around 170F. Mix in the syrup and stir until combined.
- Strain the mixture and cool to room temperature. Cover and refrigerate until cold.
- Churn the ice cream according to manufacturers’ instructions. Once it's finished churning, fold in the chopped pistachios, orange, and lemon peel. Freeze until solid.