Candied Bacon Ice Cream
- Ready In:
- 3hrs 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 9
- Yields:
-
3/4 quart
ingredients
- 5 slices bacon
- 2 tablespoons light brown sugar
- 3 tablespoons salted butter
- 3⁄4 cup light brown sugar
- 2 3⁄4 cups half-and-half
- 5 large egg yolks
- 2 teaspoons dark rum or 2 teaspoons whiskey
- 1⁄4 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1⁄4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
directions
- To candy the bacon, preheat the oven to 400F (200C).
- Lay the strips of bacon on a baking sheet lined with a silicone mat or aluminum foil, shiny side down.
- Sprinkle 1½-2 teaspoons of brown sugar evenly over each strip of bacon, depending on length.
- Bake for 12-16 minutes.
- Midway during baking, flip the bacon strips over and drag them through the dark, syrupy liquid that's collected on the baking sheet.
- Continue to bake until as dark as mahogany.
- Remove from oven and cool the strips on a wire rack.
- Once crisp and cool, chop into little pieces, about the size of grains of rice.
- (Bacon bits can be stored in an airtight container and chilled for a day or so, or stored in the freezer a few weeks ahead.).
- To make the ice cream custard, melt the butter in a heavy, medium-size saucepan.
- Stir in the brown sugar and half of the half-and-half.
- Pour the remaining half-and-half into a bowl set in an ice bath and set a mesh strainer over the top.
- In a separate bowl, stir together the egg yolks, then gradually add some of the warm brown sugar mixture to them, whisking the yolks constantly as you pour.
- Pour the mixture back into the saucepan.
- Cook over low to moderate heat, constantly stirring and scraping the bottom with a heatproof spatula, until the custard thickens enough to coat the spatula.
- Strain the custard into the half-and-half, stirring over the ice bath, until cool.
- Add liquor, vanilla and cinnamon, if using.
- Refrigerate the mixture.
- Once thoroughly chilled, freeze in your ice cream maker according to the manufacturer's instructions.
- Add the bacon bits during the last moment of churning, or stir them in when you remove the ice cream from the machine.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
JubalHarshaw
United States