Violet ice cream

1 batch

Ingredients

QuantityIngredient
1cupHeavy cream
2cupsFine, fresh whole wheat bread crumbs (abt. 4 medium slices)
¼cupCrystallized raw sugar (turbinado sugar)
Crystallized violets

Directions

Whip cream until stiff. Fold in bread crumbs and sugar. Chill in the freezer until stiff but not hard.

Before serving, mix in a few crystallized violets, and garnish each serving with more of the same.

From Kathleen S. Van Horn's "Sweet Violets" article in "The Herb Companion." April/May 1993, Vol. 5, No. 4. Pg. 29. Posted by Cathy Harned.