Recipe Details

Summary

Name: Date Ice Cream

Category: Ice Cream

1/3 cup chopped pitted dates

4 tablespoons rum

2 eggs, separated

1/2 cup granulated sugar

2/3 cup milk

1 1/2 cups cottage cheese

Finely grated zest and juice of 1 lemon

2/3 cup cream, whipped

2 tablespoons finely chopped stem ginger

Soak dates in rum for about 4 hours. Put egg yolks and sugar in a bowl and beat until light. Heat milk

to simmering point in a saucepan then stir into egg yolks. Return the mixture to the rinsed pan and

cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until thickened. Cool, stirring occasionally.

Process cottage cheese, lemon zest and juice and rum strained from the dates together in a blender or

food processor until smooth then mix with the custard. Pour the mixture into a container, cover and

freeze until just becoming firm. Turn into a bowl, beat well, then fold in whipped cream, dates and

ginger. Whip egg whites in a bowl until stiff but not dry and fold into fruit mixture. Spoon mixture

back into container. Cover and freeze until firm.

About 30 minutes before serving, transfer the ice cream to the refrigerator.

Serves 6.