I was going to make a chocolate soufflé for dessert the other night, but I'd run out of dark chocolate. I didn't want to have to go out to the shops, so I looked for something else I could make instead. Unfortunately, many of the recipes required a lengthy bake, chill, or both. And most of the rest... I didn't have the necessary ingredients for. This was one of the things that I could make. Without a trip to the shops. And without too much time or effort.

Frozen Chai

Slightly adapted from Dessert of the Day by Kim Laidlaw

Ingredients

• 1L milk
• 4 chai tea bags
• 10 black peppercorns
• 3 slices fresh ginger (or 1 Tbsp. ginger paste)
• 2 Tbsp. sugar
• 500mL vanilla ice cream¹
• whipped cream (optional)

Directions

1. Bring the milk to a bare simmer.
2. Add the tea bags, peppercorns, ginger, and sugar and stir to combine.
3. Remove from heat and set aside to cool.
4. Once cool, cover and chill for at least 2 hours.
5. Add the ice cream to a blender.
6. Strain the milk into the blender over the ice cream.
7. Blitz until smooth.
8. Pour into glasses, top with whipped cream and/or ground cinnamon, and serve.

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¹ The convenience store down the street didn't have any plain vanilla ice cream, so we picked up a small tub of churro flavoured ice cream instead. The cinnamon flavour worked extremely well with the chai! ^Back