Making ice cream is simple and easy. You need two basic ingredients Non Dairy Whipping cream and condensed milk. In case whipping cream is not available, you can use low fat fresh cream like Amul, Go Fresh Cream etc. If you are using low fat cream, you can open the carton of fresh cream from the top and put it in the fridge overnight and then take out the thick cream from the top. Discard the liquid on the bottom. The yield is almost 50%. So for 400 ml whipping cream you will need 800 ml of low fat cream. It is also important to note some of the whipping creams already have sugar in it, in that case you can reduce the condensed milk. Some people use gelatine or agar/ china grass in ice cream, I have never had the need to add any.
Some of my readers have asked me about usage of wine in cooking for kids. The alcohol content reduces significantly while cooking and the residual alcohol if apportioned in the number of servings is insignificant. Therefore, it is absolutely safe for kids above 3 years. It is also important to use sweeter wine. I usually use port wine. If you have any leftover wine from a previous party , you can use it too. Check the wine before use, especially that it hasn’t turned bitter.
So next time when you have guests coming, the day before add whip cream, condensed milk, figs cooked in wine ( dry figs if you do not get fresh) and freeze it overnight. Be it winters or summers the Red Wine & Fig Ice Cream is a perfect Show Stopper.
| Prep Time | 10 minutes |
| Cook Time | 30 minutes |
| Passive Time | 480 minutes |
| Servings |
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- 400 millilitres Whipping Cream
- 400 Grams Condensed Milk
- 15 Figs Chopped
- 1 cup Red Wine
- 1 inch Cinnamon
- 1/6 Star Anise ( optional )
Ingredients
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- Keep 2 tablespoons of Chopped figs aside and boil the rest with wine , cinnamon and star anise, till the mixture is reduced to half. Let the mixture cool down. Take out the cinnamon stick and piece of star anise.
- Whip the cream till it forms soft peaks. Gradually add condensed milk and continue whipping, till its fluffy
- Add the wine and fig mixture at room temperature and the 2 tablespoon figs kept aside in Step 1.
- Transfer the mixture in an ice cream pan and cover it well. Put the pan in fridge overnight. It is better to leave it overnight as during the day fridge is opened multiple times and temperature fluctuates.
- Ice cream does not need anything to be served with, but if you wish you can serve it with fresh figs or mildly sweet fresh cream.
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