[pastrytracy]

Is there any way to make thyme ice cream with already made vanilla ice cream by adding thyme infused cream or would that just freeze up into a rock?...If that isn't possible..which I doubt is...how would I make it?..We are serving strawberry clafoutis with thyme ice cream..

[Mikeb]

You would go about making a normal iced cream, steep the thyme in the cream/milk, then strain it out at the end (much like you'd do for vanilla when using whole pods).

[panini]

ptsry
That's probably not going to work. You could infuse it in the clafoutis mix.
The straw will shrink a bit, ask if you can use cherries.

[scott123]

Hmmmmm... Thyme is pretty potent stuff. I would blend some fresh thyme with enough hot cream to create a vortex, then run it through cheesecloth. The resulting 'extract,' when chilled, may have enough potencey to create thyme flavored ice cream with as little as a teaspoon to a gallon of ice cream. That little added to ice cream shouldn't change it's chemistry that much.

Unfreezing the ice cream to add the teaspoon of liquid and then refreezing could give you problems, though. I would probably soften up the ice enough to add the extract and then serve it in a softened state rather than trying to refreeze it.