Make It Better With Ice Cream!

Green Tea Mochi Ice Cream

February 8, 2013 by The Squishy Monster

One of my most popular videos to date was my Mocha Mochi Video.  So much so, I thought to myself, “self, what can we do to make it even better?”  I assure you it only took a few seconds for me to internally scream “ice cream!!!!”  I feel like it’s a party whenever ice cream is involved.  It also makes me think of younger years when cake and ice cream were served where balloons and friends met.  Happy times.  One of the more difficult things to grasp as I got older, I found was that innocence lost.  Somehow, gathering people in one room to jump on a trampoline and play pin the tail on a donkey sans alcohol just doesn’t seem as fun.  Not always true but fair to say and it kind of makes me sad that gone are those days.  So let’s recreate some light and happy fun with green tea + mochi + ice cream (hold onto your hats guys, it sounds like it could get pretty crazy, haha).

How to Make Green Tea Mochi Ice Cream

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Green Tea Mochi Ice Cream
 
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Ingredients
Mochi
  • 2 ts matcha (green tea powder)
  • 1 c SWEET rice four
  • 4 tb sugar
  • ½ ts salt
  • 1 c water
  • Wheat starch for work surface
Green Tea Ice Cream
  • 2 c cold heavy cream
  • 1 c powdered sugar
  • 5 ts matcha

Instructions
  1. In your first bowl, beat your cream into soft peaks. Sprinkle in your powdered sugar and matcha. Freeze until firm.
  2. In your second bowl, sift together your matcha, sweet rice flour, sugar, and salt. Slowly whisk in your cold water.
  3. Cover with plastic and steam for about 3 minutes. Using a spoon/spatula, beat and stretch this dough until it becomes elastic.
  4. Dust your work surface and begin “rolling” our your dough. Cut into squares and set aside.
  5. Work quickly and fill each square with your firm ice cream. Pinch to seal and keep in your freezer.

Notes
It helps to scoop out miniature balls out of your set ice cream and allowing them to firm up as well. Laying your cut mochi in muffin tins for ease also helps. Remember to work rather quickly and with later consideration, I actually found that working with the mochi sheets while they were still slightly warm was easier.

Custard based Green Tea Ice Cream:
2 c heavy cream
4 egg yolks
1/4 ts salt
1/2 c sugar
1 tb Matcha

Bring cream to boil and remove from heat.
Whisk together yolks, salt, sugar, and matcha and slowly temper (add in a bit of cream to your yolk mixture.  Make sure to do this slowly in a very slow stream, whisking well).
Put everything back on the heat until it reaches 170.
Strain through a fine sieve and allow to cool to room temperature, stirring occasionally.
Freeze in an ice cream maker.

Sweet and chewy,

Love,

Your Squishy Monster ^.~


41 Comments »

  1. Ong Hai Xiang says:

    Is there any major difference in terms of taste when we chill the whole thing after completing it?
    Want to try this! :D

  2. Ann says:

    Hi Angie!!
    I’m your newest follower :) found you in YouTube & Facebook & I’m totally hook on you. Don’t ever stop blogging & sharing all those delicious recipes!

    Question: can I freeze this green tea mochi? How long is it good for, days or weeks?
    I’m planning to make your recipe thus weekend. I went to HMart & got all the ingredients.
    Thank you <3

  3. fdathome says:

    These look amazing Angie. I love Japanese desserts, sticky and sweet but not too bad. I remember having sweet potato ice cream once in HK. It was sensational.

    Dave

  4. Connie says:

    Yum! I love green tea anything and these look delicious. I used to buy green tea ice cream mochi from Trader Joe’s, but a homemade version looks so much better :)

  5. SexyKathi says:

    Some truly wonderful content on this website, appreciate it for contribution. “Be absolutely determined to enjoy what you do.” by Sarah Knowles Bolton.

  6. Omg yum. I haven’t had yummy mochi in YEARS, let alone mochi ice cream. And also, can I have your pink kitchenaid mixer!? :)

    xo, Yi-chia
    Always Maylee

  7. Great idea, lovely colour too.

  8. Norma Chang says:

    Very well done video, congratulations. I love mochi and I love ice cream, this combo is for me, thanks for sharing.

  9. This looks FANTASTIC! I absolutely love mochi and ice cream so its a combination of my two fave things! Thank you for sharing your recipe and video! :)

  10. Mochi and Matcha combination? Totally calling my name! I’m Ms. Matcha and Ms. Mochi! I can eat this for dessert everyday… Looks fantastic!

  11. Amelia says:

    Hi Angie, I scream, you scream… I want to taste this green tea ice cream. Your mochi ice cream look really good. Love the pillow shape. :)

    Great video, you look so cute and pretty. Hugs to you.
    Have a fabulous week ahead.

  12. Yes! It’s always better with ice cream!

  13. J.B. says:

    I find that I sort of teeter on the precipice between liking and not liking mochi most of the time. I think it’s interesting and I can enjoy one or two every once in awhile, but any more than that and I get tired of it very fast.
    After spending some time thinking about it I think I’ve figured out that the main problem I have is the texture, or lack thereof. So, if I were to make mochi at home, would it be feasible to maybe mix some nuts or something of the sort into the filling to give it a crunch?

    • The Squishy Monster says:

      I’ve never tried a mix in within the dough but it would be delicious to incorporate a nutty filling inside. I can appreciate the texture thing. One of the reasons I enjoy it is due to its chewy gumminess.

  14. Eva says:

    I do enjoy a good quality green tea ice cream from time to time. Love your presentation.

  15. YUM! This looks delicious, I want some now! <3

  16. AG says:

    I want a mochi ice cream machine

  17. Natalie says:

    Can I has some icecream??? Love green tea ice cream,and your homemade kind looks incredible.

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    Here, I'll share the stories of my on going love affair with food as well as step-by-step tutorials/cooking videos featuring original recipes. I'm a firm believer that despite our differences, our one commonality as humans? Food.
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