Matcha tea is a versatile ingredient used in various recipes to enhance their flavor and nutrition. Whether you prefer it hot or cold, sweet or savory, there are endless possibilities for incorporating this vibrant green tea into your everyday cooking and baking. To help you get started, we have compiled a list of some delicious and straightforward matcha tea recipes you can try at home.
But before we dive into the recipes, if you want to learn more about matcha tea, you can check out our comprehensive matcha tea guide that covers everything from its history to brewing techniques.
Now discover and try for yourself these 7 delicious matcha tea recipes:
Table of Contents
Matcha latte
To make a matcha latte
- Difficulty level: 1/5
- Time: 5 minutes
Ingredients
- 1 teaspoon Matcha tea powder
- 2 tsp sugar or any kind of sweetener, like stevia
- 3 tbsp hot water
- 250ml of cow’s milk or vegetable milk (according to your desire)
Preparation
- Heat the milk in a saucepan over low heat until it simmers
- Put matcha green tea powder and sugar in a cup
- Add the hot water and mix with a spoon or a whisk if possible, until you get a smooth, slightly foamy dark green batter. Please stir for a few minutes to avoid lumps
- Pour hot milk into the cup until it is almost full. If you want to make a cold matcha latte, use milk placed in the fridge beforehand.
- Use your whisk again to mix the resulting mixture until it becomes smooth and very light in color
- You can decorate your cup with for example coconut shavings, matcha powder, or add ice cubes for a very cold matcha latte
Enjoy!
Matcha tea and white chocolate cookies
To make matcha and white chocolate cookies
- Difficulty level: 2/5
- Time: 25 minutes
Ingredients for 5 people
- 200 grams of white chocolate
- 2 tbsp Matcha tea powder
- 170 grams of flour
- 2 pinches of salt
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 2 eggs
- 100 grams of brown sugar
- 125 grams of butter ( you can use vegetable oil)
- some pistachios or macadamia nuts ( it would make them even better)
Preparation
- Preheat the oven to 200 degrees
- In a container add the soft butter and the sugar
- Then add the yeast and salt
- In a clean container, beat the eggs and gently add them to the mixture.
- Insert the flour then the matcha green tea
- Cut the white chocolate into small pieces and add the nuggets to the dough with the pistachios or walnuts if desired
- On a silicone plate or a sheet of baking paper, place the cookie dough in a circular shape before baking for about 5-8 minutes depending on the desired melting or crunchy appearance.
Matcha ice cream
To make matcha ice cream
- Difficulty level: 3/5
- Time: 55 minutes
Ingredients
- 3 tbsp matcha green tea powder
- 40 cl of liquid cream (15% fat)
- 80g icing or caster sugar
- 25 cl of milk
- 4 egg yolks
Preparation
- Mix the egg yolks with the well-refined sugar or even icing sugar to avoid crunchy pieces
- Add milk and cream
- Over low heat, heat the mixture until it thickens and sticks to your spoon. Be careful not to let it boil. Turn off the heat and let it cool
- Stir in the powdered matcha green tea as the last step to preserve its color and goodness
- To achieve the perfect texture, either process the mixture in an ice cream maker for 30 minutes or allow it to chill thoroughly in the freezer before serving. For best results, make sure it’s served extra cold. If needed, give the ice cream a quick blend to maintain its silky smoothness.
Matcha and raspberry cake
To make raspberry and matcha cake
- Difficulty level: 2/5
- Time: 1h15
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp matcha tea powder
- 100 grams of brown sugar
- 165 grams of flour
- 1/2 sachets of baking powder
- 3 eggs
- 6 cl of liquid cream
- 125 grams of raspberries
- 90 grams of butter (preferably semi-salted)
Preparation
- Preheat your oven to 165°C
- In a bowl, mix the green tea with the cream and leave to stand for a few moments
- In a second container, mix the eggs, and the sugar before adding the cream and tea mixture
- Then add the flour, baking powder, and melted butter.
- Pour the preparation of the first layer into a buttered cake mold. Insert the whole raspberries and finish the 2nd layer of your preparation
- Bake your cake for 40 minutes
Madeleines with matcha tea
To make the matcha madeleines
- Difficulty level: 1/5
- Time: 15 minutes
Ingredients
- 2 eggs
- 2 tbsp matcha tea
- 1 pinch of salt
- 1/2 sachets of baking powder
- 125 grams of butter
- 150 grams of flour
- 150 grams of sugar
Preparation
- Preheat the oven to 200 degrees
- Mix the main ingredients flour, baking powder, sugar, and matcha powder
- Add the eggs one at a time while mixing
- Add the slightly melted butter and mix your preparation until a paste is obtained.
- Pour the dough into molds specially designed for madeleines buttered and floured beforehand
- Bake your molds for 8 minutes to obtain soft and not-too-golden madeleines
Matcha tiramisu
To make matcha tea tiramisu
- Difficulty level :3/5
- Time : 30 minutes
Ingredients
- 4 eggs
- 100g of sugar
- 400 g of mascarpone cheese
- 200 g ladybug biscuits
- 4g de matcha
Preparation:
- Add 4 teaspoons of matcha to a bowl and 90 ml of hot water. Stir until completely dissolved and slightly watery.
- Now, separate the whites from the yolks, add the 4 yolks in a bowl, and mix it with the 100 g of sugar. Then, add the mascarpone cheese, stirring constantly. There should be a homogeneous mixture without lumps.
- Whip the whites and then, mix them with the yolk preparation until a homogeneous cream remains.
- Dip the biscuits in your mixture of water with matcha that you had prepared at the beginning so that they are well soaked, and place them in a bowl or a small glass, so that they are next to each other.
- Once you have the first layer of biscuits, add the mascarpone on top and continue to do so until you reach the height you want
- Store the tiramisu in the fridge for at least 4 hours. The idea is to do it the day before so the biscuits are more fluffy.
- When you are going to plate, remember to sprinkle a layer of matcha with a sieve on top, they will look like they were just bought in a pastry shop.
Yogurt and matcha cake
To make yogurt matcha cake
- Difficulty level: 4/5
- Time: 50 minutes
Ingredients to make the yogurt and matcha cake base
- 120 g of hemp seeds
- 120 g of pitted dates (let them soak ten minutes beforehand).
- 20 g cocoa powder
- a little bit of salt
Ingredients to make matcha filling
- A yogurt (240g)
- 180 raw cashews (soak them a bit before )
- 120 g of pitted dates
- half a cup of milk ( dairy or plant-based)
- 1 large tablespoon of lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 tablespoon of 100% organic matcha
Preparation:
- Start with the ingredients for the crunchy part that you will use as a base. Put them in a blender or processor and blend until they have become a lumpy mass that holds together and is a bit slimy.
- You can start building the base of your cake in the mold with this mixture.
- Then mix all the ingredients of the filling, except the matcha, until you get a creamy and uniform texture.
- Set aside half a cup of this mixture and add the matcha in one of the halves, so you will get the 2 colors.
- Now, pour the mixture with matcha on the base that you have prepared before in the mold, then add the white mixture and with a matcha-impregnated toothpick, make shapes on top.
- Let it rest for 8 hours in the fridge and take it out 10 minutes before serving.
Enjoy!
