Fig Bourbon Caramel Gelato
Author: Phillip Fryman | SouthernFATTY.com
Recipe type: Dessert
Serves: 6 cups
- 1 cup brown sugar, packed
- ½ cup light cream
- 1 tablespoon corn syrup
- 2-3 tablespoons Kentucky bourbon
- 4 tablespoons butter, softened
- pinch salt
- 6 figs, quartered
- 3 tablespoons honey
- 2 tablespoons light brown sugar
- 2⅓ cups (580g) whole milk
- ¾ cup (175g) heavy cream
- ½ cup (115g) sugar
- 1 tablespoon (10g) cornstarch
- ½ cup (40g) milk powder
- 1.5 oz (or 3 tablespoons / 40g) cream cheese, room temp.
- large pinch of salt
- Combine brown sugar, cream, corn syrup, butter and salt.
- Cook over medium heat in saucepan, about 8 minutes. Stir frequently.
- Add bourbon and stir until thickened and smooth.
- Remove from heat and cool.
- Pre-heat oven to 400 F.
- Combine figs, honey, and brown sugar in baking dish.
- Roast until caramelized and fragrant, about 10-15 minutes.
- Remove and cool. Keep the honey liquid.
- Combine milk, cream, honey liquid from roasting the figs, half the sugar. Set aside.
- In a bowl, mix together other half of sugar, milk powder, cornstarch.
- Add ½ cup or so of the milk solution you first made to the dry mix and stir to combine completely.
- Add remaining milk mix to a saucepan over medium-lo heat.
- When steaming, slowly add the cornstarch slurry and whisk to combine.
- Bring to a gentle boil and cook for 1 minute, stirring continuously.
- Remove from heat and mix in cream cheese, pinch of salt, and the roasted figs.
- For best results, use an immersion blender to fully blend.
- Cool and transfer to a container to chill completely.
- Setup ice cream machine with chilled bowl, etc. as instructed.
- Transfer mixture and freeze completely per machine instructions.
- When frozen and smooth, transfer gelato to freezing container and swirl in bourbon caramel.
- Freeze completely and enjoy!
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