Fig Ice Cream

Ingredients

• 3½ cups milk
• 2 tablespoons cornstarch
• ½ cup cold milk
• 3 eggs
• 1½ cups sugar
• 1 tablespoon gelatin
• 4 tablespoons cold water
• 1 pint heavy cream
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 2 cups chopped figs

Method

1. 1 Heat 3½ cups milk in a double boiler until boiling. Stir in cornstarch mixed with ½ cup cold milk. Cook for 10 minutes.
2. 2 Beat eggs and 1½ cups sugar. Slowly pour the hot milk mixture into the eggs, stirring constantly.
3. 3 Return mixture to heat. Add gelatin dissolved in 4 tablespoons cold water. Cook for 3 minutes, then cool completely.
4. 4 Stir in 1 pint cream and 1 tablespoon vanilla. Begin freezing in an ice cream maker.
5. 5 After 10 minutes of freezing, add 2 cups chopped figs. Continue freezing until hard.