Ice Cream Freezer Green Tea Ice Cream

Desserts

1/3 cup Water
1/3 cup Sugar
1/2 teaspoon Mirin; (sweet cooking rice wine)
2 teaspoons Matcha; (powdered green tea)
1/2 cup Milk
1/2 cup Half and half
 

Combine water and sugar in a small saucepan over low heat, stirring, until the sugar melts, and simmer the syrup for 5 minutes. Stir in the mirin and remove from heat. In a separate bowl, mix I tablespoon of the syrup with the powdered green tea, then add that mixture to the syrup in the saucepan, and stir until evenly mixed. Add milk and half and half, pour into an ice cream freezer, and freeze according to manufacturer's instructions.