Lazy Fig Ice Cream Recipes

FIG ICE CREAM

Steps:

• Cover the dried figs with boiling water and set aside until soft, about 2 hours.
• Drain the figs, cut into quarters, and place in a food processor; add in the eggs and process until smooth, about 1 minute.
• Combine the milk and sugar in a saucepan; place over low heat.
• Stir until the sugar dissolves and the milk comes to a boil.
• Immediately remove from the heat.
• With the food processor running, slowly pour the hot milk into the fig mixture through the feed tube.
• Process until completely smooth; pour the mixture into a large, clean bowl and allow to cool slightly.
• Stir in the cream, vanilla, and salt; cover and refrigerate until cold or overnight.
• Stir the chilled custard; freeze in 1 or 2 batches in your ice cream maker according to the manufacturer's directions.
• When finished, the ice cream will be soft but ready to eat; for firmer ice cream, transfer to a freezer safe container and freeze several hours or overnight.

FIG ICE CREAM

Steps:

• Soak figs in a bowl of water until softened, 3 to 4 hours. Drain figs and chop.
• Combine chopped figs, 2 tablespoons sugar, and lemon juice in a saucepan over medium heat; cook and stir until until sugar is dissolved and figs begin to break down, 4 to 5 minutes. Remove saucepan from heat and cool to room temperature, 15 to 20 minutes. Cover saucepan with a lid and refrigerate.
• Heat half-and-half in a heavy saucepan over medium-high heat until hot but not boiling, 5 to 6 minutes. Remove saucepan from heat.
• Whisk 1/2 cup sugar, egg yolks, and salt together in a bowl until smooth. Temper egg mixture by drizzling 1 to 2 tablespoons half-and-half into egg mixture, while continuously whisking egg mixture until slightly warmed. Pour egg mixture into half-and-half and return saucepan to medium-low heat; cook, whisking constantly, until custard is smooth and thickened, about 5 minutes.
• Place saucepan with custard in the refrigerator, stirring occasionally, until chilled, about 30 minutes. Stir sour cream and vanilla extract into chilled custard. Cover saucepan and chill custard completely, at least 3 hours.
• Process custard in an ice cream maker according to manufacturer's instructions. Stir fig mixture into ice cream in the last 5 minutes of processing. Transfer fig ice cream to a container and freeze until solid.