Fig Ice Cream Recipe | Louisiana Recipes | Creole Recipes | Cajun Recipes
How to prepare "fig ice cream"
fig ice cream
this is an old louisiana recipe.
1 cup granulated sugar
1/4 cup water
1 tablespoon distilled white vinegar
pinch of salt
2 large egg whites, stiffly beaten
4 cups crushed fresh figs
1 1/2 cups milk
combine sugar, water, vinegar and salt in a saucepan. over moderate heat, boil rapidly to the thread stage, 230 degrees f on a candy thermometer. pour mixture in a thin stream into the beaten egg whites and then combine with figs. stir in milk. pour mixture into an ice cream maker and freeze according to manufacturer's directions.
makes 1 to 1 1/2 quarts.
