Coffee-Cardamom Ice Cream with Figs

Coffee-Cardamom Ice Cream with Figs
Coffee-Cardamom Ice Cream with Figs
Spicy-sweet cardamom is a perfect complement to bitter coffee, and baked phyllo pieces add carby crunch without an overload of calories.
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  • Served Person: Makes 6 servings
Coffee Frozen Dessert Fig Summer Birthday Phyllo/Puff Pastry Dough Cardamom Self
  • 3/4 cup heavy cream
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground cardamom
  • vegetable oil cooking spray
  • 4 teaspoons instant espresso powder
  • 1 cup nonfat sweetened condensed milk
  • 3/4 cup lowfat plain yogurt
  • 1 sheet (9" x 14") phyllo dough
  • 6 fresh or dried figs, sliced

Preparation In a bowl, beat cream until doubled in size; set aside. In another bowl, dissolve espresso powder in 1 teaspoon warm water. Gently fold together whipped cream, dissolved espresso, condensed milk, yogurt and cardamom until incorporated. Cover with plastic wrap and freeze until solid, 6 hours. Heat oven to 350°F. Coat a baking sheet with cooking spray. Place phyllo on baking sheet and coat with cooking spray; fold in half and coat with cooking spray again. Bake until brown and crisp, 7 to 8 minutes. Let cool; shatter phyllo with your hands into small shards. Divide ice cream, phyllo pieces and figs among 6 bowls. Per serving: 502 calories, 13 g fat, 8 g saturated fat, 94 g carbohydrate, 4 g fiber, 9 g protein Nutritional analysis provided by Self

Preparation In a bowl, beat cream until doubled in size; set aside. In another bowl, dissolve espresso powder in 1 teaspoon warm water. Gently fold together whipped cream, dissolved espresso, condensed milk, yogurt and cardamom until incorporated. Cover with plastic wrap and freeze until solid, 6 hours. Heat oven to 350°F. Coat a baking sheet with cooking spray. Place phyllo on baking sheet and coat with cooking spray; fold in half and coat with cooking spray again. Bake until brown and crisp, 7 to 8 minutes. Let cool; shatter phyllo with your hands into small shards. Divide ice cream, phyllo pieces and figs among 6 bowls. Per serving: 502 calories, 13 g fat, 8 g saturated fat, 94 g carbohydrate, 4 g fiber, 9 g protein Nutritional analysis provided by Self