Fig Ice Cream

This is again one of my innovations when I was in the ice cream making spree. These are my old recipes and hence did not take step by step pictures

Prep Time: 10 hrs

Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

For the fig preserve

• 1 cup Finely chopped figs

• 1/2 cup honey

For the ice cream

• 1 heaped cup Whipping cream

• 3/4 cup Condensed milk

• 1 tsp Vanilla essence

Instructions

For the preserve

1. Chop the figs in a chopper to tiny bits

2. Add very little water and cook this in a pan till it becomes soft – keep mashing this mixture

3. Once the water has evaporated and the figs are cooked, add honey and cook for another minute or two to resemble a jam consistency

For the ice cream

1. In a cold hand mixer or whipping bowl add the whipping cream and beat it till it forms stiff peaks

2. Add the condensed milk and essence and mix it well retaining the peaks

3. Freeze this in an ice cream tin for 2 hours

4. Remove and beat it again

5. Swirl in the fig preserve mixing it well into the ice cream

6. Freeze overnight

7. Serve the ice cream garnished with chopped figs or with the fig preserve