Roasted Plums Ice Cream

Today I am offering roasted plums ice cream, yes, you heard right. This ice cream is amazing, I was actually blown away. If you have ever tried broken-up pancakes with plum compote, a very famous dish here in Germany, you will know what I am talking about. I couldn’t stop eating this delicious ice cream, it was just so good.

If you follow my blog regularly, you may have noticed that I don’t have a lot of ice cream recipes on my blog. So far I have this chocolate ice cream with raspberry swirl and this banana chocolate ice cream with peanut butter. Today, finally, after so many years I am introducing you to number 3. I guess this has to do with the fact that I am not a huge ice cream fan. I know, I know, I am in the minority. Even on a hot summer day, if offered the choice, I probably would take cake anytime over ice cream. I always thought I was the only one in my family who didn’t like ice cream too much. However, I recently learned that my sister isn’t that excited about it either. So there you go, seems to be a family thing. So if I say that this ice cream is delicious, it means something.

So how is this ice cream made? It has a few simple steps. First we will simmer the plums with some spices and wine, then we will let it seep with some heavy cream and then it is going to be churned. So no egg yolks, no custard, it is pretty straight forward. The only thing that does require some time is churning it. It takes a while before it gets to the soft ice cream stage. But once you got there, I am telling you, this is divine.

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Roasted Plum Ice Cream

Prep Time: 30min – Cooking Time: 15min – Total Time: 45min

First we simmer plums with some port wine, puree this mix and then add heavy cream. This ice cream yields best results if you have an ice cream maker.

Ingredients

• 500 grams of plums (weighing after pitting them)
• 80 grams of brown sugar
• 2 cinnamon sticks
• 3 star anise
• A handful of cloves (count them!)
• 80 grams of port wine
• 50 grams of water (or red wine)
• 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
• 100 + 300 grams of heavy cream

Instructions

1

In this video you can see how I make it. Wash, halve and pit the plums, if you have large ones, cut a bit smaller. Then place in a pot together with the sugar, cinnamon stick, stern anise, cloves (you need to count and remember how many you put!), port wine, and water. Bring this mixture to a boil, reduce heat to low and simmer for about 15 minutes, stir occasionally. Then take out all the spices and puree the mixture. If you want to, you can also strain through a sieve. Mix with 100 grams of heavy cream and vanilla extract, cover and chill for a few hours or overnight. I left this mixture for two days in the fridge.

2

Prepare your ice cream machine, beat 300 grams of heavy cream until very soft peaks form then combine with the plum mixture. Churn this mixture in your ice cream machine according to instructions. You want to get to the soft ice cream stage. I have a KitchenAid to churn ice cream, it took about 10-15 minutes until it was properly churned, but your machine may need longer. Transfer ice cream to a container and freeze for a few more hours. Before eating, let sit at room temperature for a few minutes.