Honey Fig Frozen Custard

A silky frozen custard with honey, dried figs, and pistachios, made in the Ninja CREAMi Swirl.

⏱️ Prep: 10 min🍳 Cook: 1440 min

Ingredients

4		large egg yolks
1/4 cup	60 ml	granulated sugar
3/4 cup	180 ml	whole milk
3/4 cup	180 ml	heavy cream
1/3 cup	80 ml	honey
1/2 teaspoon	2.5 ml	vanilla extract
1 pinch		salt
1/2 cup	120 ml	chopped dried figs
2 tablespoons	30 ml	chopped pistachios, for garnish

Place egg yolks and sugar in a small saucepan. Whisk until fully combined and sugar is dissolved.
Add whole milk, heavy cream, honey, vanilla extract, and salt to the saucepan and whisk to combine.
Place saucepan on stove over medium heat, stirring constantly with a whisk or rubber spatula. Cook until mixture thickens slightly and reaches 170°F–175°F on an instant-read thermometer.
Make sure pint base is closed. Remove mixture from heat and pour through a fine-mesh strainer into an empty Swirl Pint (2-cup capacity). Stir in chopped dried figs. Place pint in an ice bath to cool. Once cooled, place storage lid on pint and freeze for 24 hours.
Remove pint from freezer and remove lid from pint. Place Swirl Pint in outer bowl, install Creamerizer™ Paddle onto outer bowl lid, and lock the lid assembly on the outer bowl. Slide bowl assembly onto motor base and twist the handle right to raise the platform and lock in place.
Select SOFT SERVE, then FROZEN CUSTARD.
When processing is complete, hold the release button to the left of the outer bowl, twist bowl handle, then pull away from unit to remove the pint from outer bowl. Install dispense lid and install pint in unit, aligning the blue tabs. Twist white pint base to the OPEN position. Pull handle to dispense into a bowl or cone, top with chopped pistachios, and serve immediately.