This new lavender honey ice cream is our new favorite treat! It is creamy, delicious and bursting with the flavors of lavender and honey. Milk, yogurt, cream, honey, brown sugar and dried lavender come together to make this smooth and creamy French ice cream. You will feel like you are sitting in a beautiful garden in Provence in no time. If you love making homemade ice cream, make this Thai coconut ice cream next!
Lavender Honey Ice Cream Ingredients
You only need a handful of ingredients to make this fabulous ice cream. You most likely already have most of them in your home. You will need milk, plain yogurt, cream, honey, brown sugar and dried lavender. We use our Kitchenaid KICA ice cream maker to make ice cream as it creates the perfectly smoothe and creamy texture we love.
How to make lavender ice cream
The scent of lavender evokes images of beautiful lavender fields in Provence, rosé, sun kissed cheeks and romantic evenings. You are sure to be swept away on a romantic daydream as you prepare this delightful ice cream concoction. It is the perfect treat for a romantic evening with your special someone or as a light and refreshing dessert for the whole family. It is also sure to wow your guests if you are planning a Summer dinner party. You will want to eat this ice cream without hesitation all Summer long!
Tips
- Select your honey with care – the flavour of the honey you choose will have an impact on the overall taste of the ice cream you produce.
- Eat immediately – although you can keep the ice cream overnight or even for a few days in the fridge, it gets much harder and a bit icier. We prefer to enjoy this ice cream right away after it has been churned and frozen. You could prepare it right before having friends over for example and serve it at the end of the meal.
FAQS
What does lavender honey ice cream taste like?
In our opinion, lavender ice cream should have a hint of a floral, lavender scent and flavour. Any more than that, and it can be overpowering. We’ve tested our recipe many times to make sure it has just the right amount of lavender to be deliciously fragrant rather than overpowering or soapy. (Some store-bought lavender ice creams taste like soap in our opinion!)
What goes with lavender ice cream? How to serve
This lavender ice cream recipe pairs really nicely with a variety of desserts.
Serve it with :
- Cake
- A selection of other ice creams (classic flavors like vanilla and chocolate go really nicely)
- Pie
- Cobbler
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Lavender Honey Ice Cream
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Lavender honey ice cream
- Total Time: 30 minutes
Description
Deliciously creamy lavender honey ice cream
Ingredients
- 33cl of whole milk
- 300g of yogurt
- 10cl of cream
- 20g of honey
- 100g of brown sugar
- 1 tsp of dried lavender
Instructions
- Mix whole milk, cream, sugar, honey and lavender in a bowl.
- Pour the mixture in a pan and heat and stir until the mixture reaches 185°F. Remove from the heat.
- Pour the yogurt into the mixture when the mixture is room temperature.
- Put the mix in the fridge overnight.
- Strain the mixture to remove the lavender.
- Pour the mixture in your ice cream maker on low speed for 20/25 minutes then put in the freezer.
Notes
We use the KitchenAid ice cream maker to make this recipe.
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 25 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Cuisine: French
First published August 2, 2016. Last updated March 17, 2021 with more information, additional tips, and better readability.
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Anne says
This looks amazing! I love this flavor combination
A Hedgehog in the Kitchen says
Hi Anne! Thanks so much for stopping by our blog! We’re glad you love the combination. Hope you try it at home! 🙂
Constance says
Hey guys I just added this recipe to my list for Christmas dinner. I know it’s a summer recipe but I think it will work great after a heavy meal with all that meat specially because of it’s honey and lavender aromas. Since we don’t own an ice-cream maker I will try it the traditional way so if you have any ideas or advices about this I’ll be happy to hear all about it.
Thank you for this wonderful recipe.
Lots of love and kisses from Amsterdam xoxo
A Hedgehog in the Kitchen says
Hi dear! SO glad you did! It’s funny you chose this recipe for your Christmas dinner because I was just saying to Hugo that I thought this ice cream would be perfect for the Christmas. Although we originally posted it for the Summer months, it is true that it is refreshing after all that eating and something about the lavender and honey makes it kinda festive! We hope you really love it. We’ve never made no churn ice cream before but this is a good article about it : http://www.thekitchn.com/how-to-make-no-churn-ice-cream-cooking-lessons-from-the-kitchn-220413 . It should work but it may be less creamy. We can’t wait to hear how it goes! 🙂