Serves 1
Directions
- 1Start by roasting loose black tea leaves with sugar in a saucepan.
- 2Stir the tea leaves and sugar until the sugar caramelizes.
- 3Pour milk into the saucepan with the caramelized tea leaves.
- 4Stir the milk and tea leaves and let them steep on medium-low heat for about 10 minutes.
- 5Bloom gelatin powder in cold water in a bowl.
- 6Turn off the heat once the tea is done steeping.
- 7Strain out most of the tea leaves from the milk tea mixture.
- 8Stir in the bloomed gelatin into the milk tea until it dissolves.
- 9Add heavy cream to the mixture and stir to combine.
- 10Let the mixture cool slightly.
- 11Strain the milk tea mixture again before pouring it into dessert cups.
- 12Place the dessert cups into the fridge to set overnight.
- 13Cook the boba according to their instructions.
- 14Make a homemade brown sugar syrup by heating brown sugar in a saucepan.
- 15Coat the cooked boba in the brown sugar syrup.
- 16Let the boba with syrup cool slightly.
- 17Top the milk tea pudding cups with the glossy boba pearls.
Ingredients
- 18 g black tea leaves
- 65 g sugar
- 650 ml milk
- 350 ml heavy cream
- 2 envelopes gelatin
- 2 tbsp water
- 150 g boba
- 75 g brown sugar
Equipment
saucepanspatulabowlspoonstrainermeasuring cupdessert cupstraypot
Tips
- The caramelization of sugar with tea leaves gives the tea a deeper and toastier flavor.
- Coat the boba in a homemade brown sugar syrup for best results.
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