Roasted Grapes With Caramelized Wine and Yogurt Ice Cream

Roasted Grapes With Caramelized Wine and Yogurt Ice Cream
Andrew Scrivani for The New York Times
Total Time
1½ hours, plus chilling and freezing time
Rating
4(36)
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In this recipe, grapes take on a floral, caramelized flavor from fresh thyme and honey. If your thyme is woody, discard the stems and just use the leaves. If you don’t have an ice cream machine, the ice cream mixture can be placed directly in the freezer without churning. It won’t be quite as creamy and smooth, but quite good enough. You will get more ice cream than you need for serving with the grapes, but eating the leftovers is no hardship. 

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Ingredients

Yield:6 servings

    For the Ice Cream

    • cups/250 grams granulated or superfine sugar (caster sugar)
    • 3strips orange zest, plus ⅓ cup/60 milliliters orange juice
    • 1strip lemon zest, plus 2 tablespoons lemon juice
    • cups/300 grams Greek yogurt
    • 1cup /200 grams heavy cream (double cream)

    For the Grapes

    • pounds/600 grams red seedless grapes, off the stem
    • cup plus 1 tablespoon/90 milliliters muscat wine (or another sweet dessert wine such as port or Madeira)
    • 2tablespoons honey
    • ¼cup/5 grams loosely packed lemon thyme (or regular thyme) sprigs, or use leaves if sprigs are woody
    • 2tablespoons/30 grams soft dark brown sugar
    • 1teaspoon finely grated lemon zest
Ingredient Substitution Guide
Nutritional analysis per serving (6 servings)

482 calories; 15 grams fat; 9 grams saturated fat; 0 grams trans fat; 3 grams monounsaturated fat; 1 gram polyunsaturated fat; 82 grams carbohydrates; 1 gram dietary fiber; 76 grams sugars; 6 grams protein; 39 milligrams sodium

Note: The information shown is Edamam’s estimate based on available ingredients and preparation. It should not be considered a substitute for a professional nutritionist’s advice.

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Preparation

  1. Step 1

    At least 1 day before you plan to serve, make the ice cream: In a medium saucepan, combine sugar and 1 cup/200 milliliters of water over medium-high heat. Heat for 3 to 4 minutes, stirring until the sugar has dissolved. Add the orange and lemon zests, remove from the heat and set aside to cool down and infuse for at least 30 minutes.

  2. Step 2

    In a large bowl or pitcher, combine the yogurt, cream, orange and lemon juices. Pour in the sugar syrup, discarding the strips of zest. Stir well to combine, pour through a fine sieve and refrigerate until very cold, at least 4 hours.

  3. Step 3

    Pour mixture into an ice cream machine and churn until the ice cream is set. Transfer to a container and freeze until solid. (Can be prepared up to this point up to 1 month in advance.)

  4. Step 4

    On the day of serving, prepare the grapes: Heat oven to 450 degrees Fahrenheit/240 degrees Celsius. In a medium bowl, combine grapes, muscat, honey, thyme, brown sugar and lemon zest, and stir well. Pour into a high-sided 9-by-13-inch/20-by-25-centimeter baking dish and bake for 30 to 45 minutes, stirring a few times, until the grapes have caramelized and the liquid is syrupy.

  5. Step 5

    If the juices don’t thicken, pour them into a saucepan (reserve the cooked grapes separately) and reduce over medium heat until syrupy and beginning to caramelize. Turn off the heat and immediately stir the grapes back into the sauce.

  6. Step 6

    Five minutes before serving, remove ice cream from the freezer and divide between serving bowls. Spoon grapes and sauce over the ice cream and serve at once.

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To be clearer, it's actually Yogurt Ice Cream with Roasted Grapes and Caramelized Wine. The recipe title excited me, until I realized that the roasted grapes and caramelized wine were just a topping and not an actual ice cream flavor.

Made this for a dinner party to rave reviews! Used sweet kosher wine. Added diced simmered peels to yogurt cream mixture. Also mixed grape mixture right in baking dish to save a step. Next time will use a bit of sugar from total and sugar diced peels to add in ice cream maker for last 5 minutes. Texture of the yogurt ice cream was great and the roasted carmelized grape wine mixture was superb!!! Not a speck left. Only problem was clean up of burnt on caramel on glass baking dish.

Third time making this delightful dessert! Held back about an 1/8 of a cup of sugar to coat candied lemon and orange rind and cut in small dice adding back during last 5 minutes of yogurt ice cream in Ice Cream maker. Rather than grapes, I subbed blueberries which I roasted at 450 for about 15 minutes with a sprinkling of sugar and a touch of fresh lemon juice after it came out of the oven. Lovely combination!

This was a huge hit just as written. However, I had only dried thyme, so I used half the recipe amount. I used it on the grapes. The taste was good, but too many little leaves. Next time I’m in that situation, think I’ll just infuse the ice cream with about a teaspoon of dried thyme. Won’t change the flavor profile of the overall dish.

The ice cream was good, but not great. However the I caramelised grape recipe is delicious and could be served with a good quality vanilla ice cream. I used the elongated black sapphire grapes and would make this unusual dessert again.

Served these roasted grapes with baked Brie. Delicious!

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