I recently picked up a Kenwood Ice cream maker - an impulsive decision as it looks "soooo cute!" See here if you don't know what I mean ;).
My first trials were a couple of vanilla ice creams - used both the essence and the bean - but wasn't too happy with the results. Wasn't sure what I did wrong but it felt like they had too much (if there is such a thing) of a creamy aftertaste. And then I tried this amazing Fig ice cream recipe using fresh figs. And I have a confession to make - this was the first time ever that I had seen what figs look like when they are fresh :O !!
The recipe is from David Lebovitz - you can see it here. I used both the Milky Mist Fresh cream, and the Amul Fresh Cream with decent results. The figs were from Town Essentials (www.towness.com) and I also tried a second time with Orange juice and orange rind instead of lemon as I hate trying to rind those miniscule lemons!
I didn't manage to get a good shot of the ice-cream as that was consumed all too soon, but here's one at the jam stage:
Phew! This one was lying in my drafts for a while, just to save me for Day 7 ;).
My first trials were a couple of vanilla ice creams - used both the essence and the bean - but wasn't too happy with the results. Wasn't sure what I did wrong but it felt like they had too much (if there is such a thing) of a creamy aftertaste. And then I tried this amazing Fig ice cream recipe using fresh figs. And I have a confession to make - this was the first time ever that I had seen what figs look like when they are fresh :O !!
The recipe is from David Lebovitz - you can see it here. I used both the Milky Mist Fresh cream, and the Amul Fresh Cream with decent results. The figs were from Town Essentials (www.towness.com) and I also tried a second time with Orange juice and orange rind instead of lemon as I hate trying to rind those miniscule lemons!
I didn't manage to get a good shot of the ice-cream as that was consumed all too soon, but here's one at the jam stage:
Phew! This one was lying in my drafts for a while, just to save me for Day 7 ;).
