Yum! I'm planning to get a food processor as so many recipes use one, though I haven't figured out storage.
I suggest a stick-blender or Bamix rather than a food-processor. Firstly, it takes up less space; secondly, it is much easier to clean; and thirdly, it is more versatile, since one can do things like puree soup without having to remove it from the pot, or make smoothies in the container you're going to drink it from, etc.
Mind you, in regard to smoothies... I broke at least two stick-blenders on frozen fruit (the best smoothies are made from chopped up fruit which one then puts in the freezer and takes out later after they are frozen). So I finally ended up getting an actual Bamix stick-blender, even though it was expensive, because it was more robust. And I've had the same Bamix for years and years now. So that was worth it in the end.
BTW have you considered rice malt syrup for your sweetener (though you use the dried fruit for that in this case)? I just found out about it; there's no fructose and it can easily be substituted for sugar so I'm going to check out Huckleberry Farms for it.
I played around with rice malt syrup a few years ago, just because I was curious, not actually because it was supposed to be more healthy. I'm not sure that it's relevant to this, though, because (a) Christmas Pudding Ice Cream isn't meant to be healthy (I mean, it's got alcohol in it!), and (b) because I use sugar-substitutes which are extremely low-calorie, not because I'm trying to avoid fructose or have more complex carbohydrates, but just because it is a relatively easy way to reduce my calorie intake. I mean, it's completely hopeless for me to actually lose weight, but at least I have minor ways that do succeed in reducing the rate of my weight increase.
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I suggest a stick-blender or Bamix rather than a food-processor. Firstly, it takes up less space; secondly, it is much easier to clean; and thirdly, it is more versatile, since one can do things like puree soup without having to remove it from the pot, or make smoothies in the container you're going to drink it from, etc.
Mind you, in regard to smoothies... I broke at least two stick-blenders on frozen fruit (the best smoothies are made from chopped up fruit which one then puts in the freezer and takes out later after they are frozen). So I finally ended up getting an actual Bamix stick-blender, even though it was expensive, because it was more robust. And I've had the same Bamix for years and years now. So that was worth it in the end.
BTW have you considered rice malt syrup for your sweetener (though you use the dried fruit for that in this case)? I just found out about it; there's no fructose and it can easily be substituted for sugar so I'm going to check out Huckleberry Farms for it.
I played around with rice malt syrup a few years ago, just because I was curious, not actually because it was supposed to be more healthy.
I'm not sure that it's relevant to this, though, because (a) Christmas Pudding Ice Cream isn't meant to be healthy (I mean, it's got alcohol in it!), and (b) because I use sugar-substitutes which are extremely low-calorie, not because I'm trying to avoid fructose or have more complex carbohydrates, but just because it is a relatively easy way to reduce my calorie intake. I mean, it's completely hopeless for me to actually lose weight, but at least I have minor ways that do succeed in reducing the rate of my weight increase.