Italian fig and chocolate ice cream recipe
An incredibly easy ice-cream that has a wonderful spicy-rich taste and texture that comes from the soft-dried figs. Made without egg custard but simply using the figs, milk, cream, a little sugar plus a lovely bar of dark chocolate. Try scoops of the ice-cream topped with warm melted chocolate and roasted hazelnuts.
Ingredients
- 1 x 45g bar dark chocolate
- 250 g soft-dried figs
- 200 ml milk, chilled
- 3 tbsp caster sugar
- 250 ml double cream, well-chilled
Details
- Cuisine: Italian
- Recipe Type: Dessert
- Difficulty: Easy
- Preparation Time: 15 mins
- Cooking Time: 0 mins
- Serves: 4
Step-by-step
- Break up the chocolate, put into the bowl of a food processor and chop as finely as possible. Tip out into a bowl and set aside.
- Put the figs into the processor bowl and chop roughly. Add the milk and sugar and process to make a smooth purée.
- Whip the cream until soft peaks form then fold in the chopped chocolate and the fig purée. Turn the mixture into the ice-cream machine, if you have one, and churn until frozen. You can also freeze the mixture into a freezer container and freeze until firm. Best eaten within a few days.
Taken from Divine Heavenly Chocolate Recipes with a Heart by Linda Collister, published by Absolute Press. Photo taken by Lisa Barber.
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