7/28/2019 Guinness Ice Cream Recipe
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Serves: 1 quart ice cream, or about 8 servings
Ingredients:
12 ounces Guinness Stout, or other dark stout beer2 cups heavy
cream2 cups whole milk cup sugar1 vanilla bean, split lengthwise6
large egg yolks1 pound thick-cut applewood smoked bacon1 pound
semisweet chocolate, choppedProcedures:
To prepare the ice cream, pour the Guinness in a large saucepan
and heat over medium-high heat. Simmer the stout until reduced to 4
ounces and reaches a syrupyconsistency, about 8 to 10 minutes.
Remove from heat and set aside to cool completely.
Combine cream, milk, and sugar in another large saucepan. Using
a sharp paring knife, cut a lengthwise slit in the vanilla bean.
Using the back edge of the knife, scrape the vanilla bean seeds out
of the pod and into milk mixture, along with the pod itself. Heat
milk mixture over medium heat until it boils, then
removeimmediately from heat.
Prepare a large mixing bowl with an ice-water bath. In a medium
mixing bowl, whisk the egg yolks until thick and pale yellow in
color. Rapidly whisk 1 cup of the hot milk mixture into the egg
yolks. Gradually add the egg mixture in a slow,steady stream back
into the hot cream while whisking constantly. Cook egg mixture over
medium-low heat, stirring occasionally, until mixture thickens
enough tocoat the back of a spoon, about 6 to 8 minutes. Add the
reduced stout to the thickened egg mixture, whisking well until to
blend. Transfer the ice cream base toa heatproof medium mixing bowl
and place inside ice-water bath. Stir ice creambase often and cool
completely. Cover and refrigerate ice cream base for at least 4
hours or until cold.
Pour cold ice cream base into the bowl of an ice cream machine
and freeze accord
ing to manufacturers instructions. Because of the stout, the ice
cream will onlyreach a soft-serve consistency. Remove ice cream
from machine, cover, and freezeuntil ready to use.
To prepare chocolate-covered bacon bits, preheat oven to 400
degrees and place arack in the center. Line a rimmed baking sheet
with parchment paper. Arrange bacon strips on prepared baking
sheet, leaving 1 inch of space around each piece.Place a second
rimmed sheet directly on top of the bacon and weigh down baking
sheet with a heavy ovenproof skillet. Transfer to preheated oven
and cook bacon until well browned but still pliable, about 25 to 30
minutes.
While the bacon cooks, fill the bottom of a double boiler with 2
inches water and heat over medium-low heat until simmering. Place
chocolate in the top of a dou
ble boiler and set over the simmering water. Heat gently,
stirring often, untilcompletely melted. Keep warm over low
heat.
Once the bacon is cooked, transfer the slices to a heatproof
wire rack set overanother rimmed baking sheet, spacing the bacon at
least 1 inch apart on all sides. Using a silicone pastry brush,
coat one side of each bacon piece with meltedchocolate. Transfer
pan with bacon to the refrigerator for 8 to 10 minutes to let
chocolate set. Remove pan from refrigerator and carefully flip the
bacon pieces. Coat the second side of the bacon with melted
chocolate and return pan to refrigerator for another 8 to 10
minutes, until ready to use.
