Recipe: Date

250g dates
450ml milk
300ml cream
3 egg yolks
~1/2 cup sugar

Chop the dates and add them to the milk in a sauce pan. Heat the milk, and pour into egg yolks and sugar. Put the whole mess back into the saucepan and stir until you get your custard. Puree the mixture in a blender, then pour through a sieve to remove any chunks. Add the cream and chill, then stick it in the ice cream machine.

Remarks: Well, I kind of stuffed this one up a bit by trying to do a fancy caramel swirl. The caramel sauce was too warm and melted the ice cream, whilst forming itself into a massive chewy lump. So I wouldn't recommend doing that. The date ice cream itself was very tasty however. The blended up bits of date skin gave it a slightly grainy texture, but this could probably be avoided by using a finer sieve.