Name: Honey Lavender Ice Cream
Yield: Makes about 1 qt
Ingredients: 2 cups heavy cream; 1 cup half-and-half; 2/3 cup mild honey; 2 tablespoons dried edible lavender flowers*; 2 large eggs; 1/8 teaspoon salt; a candy or instant-read thermometer; an ice cream maker

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Active time: 20 min Start to finish: 8 hr (includes steeping, chilling, and freezing)

Cooks' notes:

• To cool custard quickly after straining, set bowl in a larger bowl of ice and cold water and stir until chilled. • Custard can chill up to 1 day before freezing. • Ice cream keeps 1 week. *Available at Penzeys (800-741-7787) and Kalustyan's (800-352-3451).

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