(#6) BANANA CHAI: Newbury Street Dream

Back in the day, long before we started making ice cream, we scooped it at our beloved Emack & Bolio's on Newbury Street.  Ice cream, froyo, and the best smoothies!  There we served perfection in the form of a Liquid Yoga--a soy-milk smoothie with banana, chai powder, and a scoop of vanilla yogurt.  Sounds delicious, right? It's even better as an ice cream flavor.  

As soon as we churned this flavor we knew it would be an instant classic for Scoopsies. The sweetness of the banana is balanced by the perfect blend of cinnamon, clove, cardamon, anise and ginger.  

Scoopsies' Banana Chai Ice Cream
(yields about 1 quart)

3 ripe bananas

1 ¾ cups heavy cream

¾ cup whole milk
3 tbsp Chai Latte Mix

½ cup granulated sugar, divided

pinch of salt

4 large egg yolks

2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract