Homemade Green Tea Icecream

It is 43*C today in my place...I'm sitting in my (airconditioned) living room, watching Wozniacki - Kuznetsova fighting in the heat and enjoying my home-made icecream...I really love sports!

Ingredients:
2 cups milk
200 ml double cream
3 egg yolks
100 g sugar
1 tbs green tea (matcha) powder
Method:
In a small bowl, mix the green tea powder with 2 tablespoons sugar.
In a separate bowl, mix together the egg yolks and remaining sugar.
Pour the milk into a small pan, heat it; don't to let it boil. Remove from the heat and mix a few spoonfuls of the warm milk with the green tea powder and sugar in a small bowl. When you have a smooth paste, strain and add it to the remaining milk in the pan, then gradually combine with the egg yolk mixture.
Return mixture to the stove and heat slowly over low heat (taking care to not let the mixture boil), until the mixture gets slightly thick and coats the back of a spoon. Remove from the heat and allow to cool completely.
Lightly whip the cream and then add it to the cold green tea-milk mixture.
Transfer the mixture to a large container and (chill for an hour or two in the fridge) and then put it in the freezer. As ice crystals start to form, remove, and mix well with a fork (or mixer) to break them up and return the mixture to the freezer. Repeat this a few times (every 15-20 min) as it freezes to ensure that the ice cream is smooth.
Enjoy after 4-5 hours, or when frozen.

Sladoled od (praha) Zelenog Čaja

Danas je 43*C u mom mjestu...Sjedim u mojoj (klimatiziranoj) dnevnoj sobi, gledam Wozniacki i Kuznetsovu kako se bore na ovoj vrelini i uzivam u domacem sladoledu od matcha caja...Ah, sto volim sport!

Potrebno:

2 solje mlijeka

200 ml duplog vrhnja (45-50%masnoce)

3 zumanca

100 gr secera

1 K matcha caja (prah)

Nacin:

U manju posudu pomijesajte matcha sa 2 K secera.
U drugu posudu izmiksajte jaja sa secerom.
Zagrijte mlijeko, ali nedajte da prokljuca. Smaknite s vatre, uspite par kasika mlijeka u matcha mjesavinu i promijesajte. Procijedite to nazad u mlijeko, umijesajte mjesavinu sa jajima. Vratite na vatru i zagrijavajte dok se smjesa ne zgusne (nemojte prokuhati). Ohladite.
Umutite vrhnje i ubacite u hldanu smjesu zelenog caja. Dobro promijesajte. Prebacite u plasticnu posudu i smjestite u zamrzivac. Svako 15-20 minuta izvadite i promijesajte viljuskom (ili mikserom) kako biste razbili vece kristale sladoleda. Sladoled je gotov nakon 4-5 sati ili kad se dobro zaledi.

Green Tea Biscuits

Green tea gives festive colour and unusual taste to these biscuits. Best matched with Matcha Green Tea!

Ingredients:
2 1/4 cups flour
1/4 cup rice flour
1/2 cup icing sugar
1 tbs green tea powder (Matcha)
200 g butter, softened
1/2 egg white
Cristal sugar for rolling
(to make coloured sugar - put a few drops of food colour into a cup of sugar,mix well, spread over paper and let it dry; process when dried)
Method:
Mix all ingredients into a smooth dough; divide into 2 and make 2 logs. roll into sugar and refrigerate.
Preheat oven to 150*C, line baking tins with paper.
Take logs out of fridge, cut into discs and place onto tins. Bake 20 min, biscuits should not brown. Cool on wire rack before packing / serving.



Keksići od Zelenog Čaja (Matcha)

Ova zanimljiva i neobicna boja keksica je kao porucena za nadolazece praznike. Najbolje prijaju sa Zelenim Cajem!

Potrebno:
2 1/4 solje brasna
1/4 solja rizinog brasna (sameljite rizu na mlinu za kafu)
1/2 solje secera u prahu
1 K zelenog caja u prahu
200 gr maslaca, omeksalog
1/2 bjelanceta
kristalni secer za uvaljati
(da napravite secer u boji - pomijesajte solju secera sa par kapi boje, rasprostrite preko papira da se osusi, onda izmrvite rukama ili sameljite)
Nacin:
Pomijesajte sve sastojke u glatko tijesto, podijelite na 2 dijela. Oblikujte 2 rolne, uvaljajte u secer. Zamotajte u foliju i stavite u frizider.
Ukljucite rernu na 150*C, pripremite pleh, prekrijte ga papirom.
Izvadite tijesto iz frizidera, isjecite nozem na diskove, postavite na pleh i pecite 20 min - pazite da ne pozute. Ohladite dobro prije pakovanja / serviranja.