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Fig Fennel Ice Cream

Fig Fennel Ice Cream

Yield: about 1 quart Ingredients: Compote: 1 lb. figs, chopped 2 tablespoon water Ice Cream: 2 cups whole milk 1 cup heavy cream 1 vanilla bean, seeded 2 tablespoon fennel seeds, toasted pinch of salt 1 cup sugar 6 egg yolks Directions: For the Compote: In a medium sauce pan, dissolve sugar in water. Add...
Good things come in threes:  Ice Cream Trio

Good things come in threes: Ice Cream Trio

None of us had ever made homemade ice cream before this summer. I bought a machine with Segolene on a whim so that we could explore ice cream and sorbet. Joshua scoured the internet and came across lots of different ways and formulations to making a simple ice cream base.  David Lebovitz had some pretty inspiring...
Fig harvest and Fresh Fig Tart

Fig harvest and Fresh Fig Tart

When I was a kid, all I knew of figs were Fig Newton cookies.  I never really understood what all the fuss was about, and remember the first time I saw the real thing getting devoured by some eighties chick in an INXS video, and being somewhat grossed out by it. Well,  somewhere along the road...