Fig Carpaccio with Nutmeg Tuile, Passion Fruit Gelée, and Olive Oil Ice Cream

This is Marc’s ideal dessert: light and refreshing with a nice balance of fruit, one of his favorite ice creams, and a sweet-sour gelée. On top of that, it’s very easy to prepare. We like to mix mission figs, honey figs, and tiger stripes when they’re available. While you can prepare the ice cream as you would a traditional crème anglaise—heating the milk, creaming the sugar and yolks separately, tempering the yolks, and so on, Marc simplifies the process by combining the main ingredients a