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DessertSeptember 2, 2017

Strawberry Fig Ice Cream

trawberries and Figs. Awesome together. Vanilla Ice Cream. Rockin’ when done well. Combine for dessert deliciousness.

Strawberry Fig Ice Cream

Strawberries and Figs. Awesome together. Vanilla Ice Cream. Rockin’ when done well. Combine for dessert deliciousness.

Mise en Place

Fruits

  • 1 lbStrawberries, husked, cut in half
  • 1 lbFigs
  • 1 lemonJuiced

Dairy

  • 2 cupsheavy cream
  • 1 cupwhole milk/td>
  • 5egg yolks
  • 1/2 cupSugar
  • Kosher salt

Staples

  • 2 cupsSugar
  • 1Vanilla bean

Equipment

  • 2pots
  • 1ice cream maker
  • 2mixing bowls
  • 1sieve
  • 1stick blender
  • 1ice bath
  • 2containers (small for jam, big for ice cream base)

Directions

  1. In a mixing bowl, combine strawberries and figs. Fold in sugar. Let sit for 2-12 hours. Stir every hour or so.
  2. Add everything to a pot with a pinch of salt, cook over medium high heat till it bubbles, then reduce heat to low. Cook till fruit is soft
  3. Strain liquid from fruit. Reserve liquid for some other purpose (like strawberry fig vodka sodas)
  4. Put strained fruit back into bowl, and hit it with the stick blender till smooth
  5. Stir in half of lemon juice, taste, add more if needed
  6. Chill in fridge
  7. Combine cream, milk in pot, heat on low
  8. Split vanilla bean, and scrape insides into pot. When done, drop bean into pot
  9. Combine egg yolks and sugar in a bowl. Whisk till eggs take on a light yellow color.
  10. Once cream has reached a bare simmer, take off heat and whisk slowly into eggs. You need to temper here, so add a tablespoon whisk in, then two tablespoons and whisk in, so on and so forth
  11. Return combined mixture to pot, and heat over low heat to 170. Stirring constantly.
  12. Evac mixture to container. Add a pinch of salt. Close container and put it carefully into ice bath. Let that sit for an hour or two, then refridgerate overnight.
  13. Add ice cream base into ice cream maker
  14. Churn to about 75% done
  15. Add jam and finish churning
  16. Freeze overnight
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