Fig strudel with cassis sauce and cinnamon ice cream

Ingredients for 8 servings:

• 1 pack of strudel dough
• 12 figs
• 100 g marzipan paste
• 50 ml fruit pulp (blackcurrant pulp)
• 40 g breadcrumbs (biscuit crumbs)
• 40 g butter
• 2 tbsp powdered sugar
• 300 ml fruit pulp (blackcurrant pulp)
• 50 g sugar
• 50 ml water
• 1 lemon(s)
• 2 tsp cornstarch
• 300 ml milk
• 300 ml sweet cream
• 3 stalk(s) cinnamon
• 5 egg yolks
• 80 g sugar
• 2 tbsp almond liqueur

Instructions

Working time approx. 40 minutes; Rest time approx. 8 hours; Cooking/baking time approx. 1 hour; Total time approx. 9 hours 40 minutes

For the ice cream, first bring the cream and milk to a boil with the cinnamon sticks. Bring to a boil a few times and let it steep overnight. The next day, remove the cinnamon sticks, beat the egg yolks with the sugar until frothy. Heat the cinnamon cream and pour it into the egg yolks while stirring. Heat the mixture over a bain-marie until it begins to thicken (pull it into a rose). Add the almond liqueur and chill in the ice cream maker. Let the finished mixture harden in the freezer. For the fig strudel, first trim the fig stems and pierce the fruit several times all over with a toothpick. Bake in an oven preheated to 180°C (350°F) for 15 minutes. Meanwhile, melt the butter and mix the marzipan with the blackcurrant pulp until spreadable. Line the strudel dough. Cover one-third with the marzipan mixture and scatter the sponge crumbs on top. Place the pre-cooked figs in a row on top. Carefully roll up and brush with butter. Wrap in a second layer of strudel dough and butter this as well. Bake in the oven on baking paper at 180 degrees Celsius for about 15 minutes. Dust with powdered sugar. For the blackcurrant sauce, dissolve the sugar in the water. Heat gently if necessary. Add the blackcurrant sauce and the squeezed lemon juice. Bring to a boil and thicken with cornstarch dissolved in water until thickened. To serve, first pour a layer of sauce onto a plate. Place a slice of hot strudel dough on top and a large scoop of cinnamon ice cream next to it.