mine(1) (iou) and Fresh fig puff with lavender ice cream (recipes)

mine(1) (iou)

mine noun. ME.
[Old & mod. French (perh. from miner MINE verb) or directly from MINE verb.]
An excavation or a system of excavations in the earth for the extraction of metal, metallic ore, coal, salt, etc. ME.
B. Byars Friends were working the mine, digging out turquoise. B. Moore The great moonlit slag heaps of the Gorodok mines.coalmine, diamond mine, salt mine, tin mine, etc.
b. fig. An abundant source or supply. M16.
D. H. Lawrence The courage of our own feelings..becomes a mine of practical truth. B. Gilroy They..found her a mine of information.
c. transf. A subterranean cavity. Only in E17.
A mineral; ore. Now only spec., iron ore. ME.
Military.
a. A subterranean passage dug under an enemy position (esp. the wall of a besieged fortress) in order to gain entrance or (later esp. with the use of an explosive) to collapse a wall or fortification. Also, the explosive charge placed in such a passage. LME.
b. A receptacle containing explosive placed in or on the ground or in the water with the purpose of destroying enemy personnel, ships, etc. Freq. with specifying word. LME.
limpet mine, magnetic mine, pressure mine, etc.
B. Mason His jeep passed over a mine; wreckage was strewn over a wide area.
A firework propelling crackers into the air. Now rare. M18.
A tunnel or network of tunnels made in the interior of a leaf by an insect larva. M19.
Comb.: mine-car a wheeled container used in a mine for the underground transport of coal etc.; mine-detector an instrument for detecting the presence of explosive mines; mine-dump S. Afr. a large mound or hill of mining waste at the surface of a mine, esp. a gold-mine, or former mine; minefield (a) an area laid with explosive mines; (b) fig. a situation or subject presenting unseen hazards; mine-hunt verb intrans. hunt or sweep for mines; mine-hunter = minesweeper below; mine-iron = mine-pig below; minelayer a ship or aircraft equipped to lay explosive mines; mine-laying noun & adjective (a) noun the operation of laying explosive mines; (b) adjective that lays explosive mines; mine-pig pig-iron made from mine or ore; mine-pit a pit or shaft in a mine; mine shaft: giving access to a mine; mine-sinker a device for keeping a mine submerged; mine-stone ore, esp. iron ore; minesweeper a ship for clearing away floating and submarine mines; mine-sweeping noun & adjective (a) noun the operation of clearing away floating or submarine mines; (b) adjective that clears away floating or submarine mines; mine tin: worked out of the lode; mine-town (= mining town s.v. MINING verbal noun): whose population consists chiefly of miners; mine-work = sense 1 above.

Fresh fig puff with lavender ice cream (recipes)

Serves 4

Preparation time

30 mins to 1 hour

Cooking time

10 to 30 mins

Ingredients

1 sheet good quality frozen puff pastry icing sugar to dust100g/3½oz frangipane (see below)8 fresh figs50ml/2fl oz lavender honey (or Other honey)500ml/17fl oz of lavender ice cream50g/2oz toasted sliced almondsfresh mint, to garnishFor the frangipane:125g/4oz butter125g/4oz icing sugar125g/4oz ground almonds25g/1oz plain flour2 eggs25ml/1fl oz rumFor the lavender ice cream:Prepare a standard Creme Anglaise (custard) with lavender infused through the milk for about ½ hour. Use a handful of dried lavender for 250ml/8fl oz milk. Cool, then freeze.6 egg yolks125g/4oz sugar1 vanilla pod250ml/8fl oz milk250ml/8fl oz cream

Method

1. The ice cream should be made in advance and frozen.2. Cut out a circle of puff pastry (12cm/4½in diameter), prick with a fork and cook between two Baking sheets so it does not rise. Cook for 10-15 minutes until golden brown. Straight after taking the pastry out of the oven, dust with plenty of icing sugar.3. To make the frangipane, beat the butter with the sugar and almonds until creamy. 4. Sieve in flour and mix well. Beat in the eggs one at a time and then stir in the rum. Place in fridge.5. Spread 2 tbsp of the frangipane onto the puff circle and then slice the figs and place overlapping slices on top. Dust with icing sugar and drizzle with honey.6. Bake for about 4-5 minutes, remove from the oven and place on a plate. Place a ball of ice cream on top, dust with icing sugar and sprinkle over toasted almonds. Drizzle with a little more honey and garnish with a mint leaf.

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