Bacon Maple Ice Cream

Submitted by ROV Chef

"I got the idea from watching Iron Chef America. Someone made a bacon ice cream but I never heard any details about it. So I started thinking about how to make it and make it great. I figured that bacon is the candy of the meat world, so why not candy the bacon. Now the quality of the maple syrup is gonna effect the flavor of the ice cream. This may sound odd, but I promise you that this will become your new favorite and you'll be demanding that Ben & Jerry's starts selling this at your corner store. cooking time includes cooling time, and set up time in the freezer."

 

• Ready In: 5hrs
• Ingredients: 10
• Yields: 3-4 cups
• Serves: 4-6

ingredients

• Candied Bacon

• 8 slices maple bacon
• 1⁄4 cup brown sugar
• 1 tablespoon maple syrup

• Maple Ice Cream

• 2 cups half-and-half cream
• 1 cup heavy cream
• 1⁄3 cup brown sugar
• 1⁄3 cup vanilla sugar
• 1⁄3 cup maple syrup
• 1 pinch kosher salt
• 1⁄4 teaspoon maple flavoring (optional)

directions

1. Bacon:

2. Pre Heat oven to 400°F.
3. mix the 1 tablespoon of syrup and the 1/4 cup brown sugar to form a paste.
4. Lay the bacon out on a cooling rack on a lined sheet pan (lining the sheet pan will save you some nasty clean up.
5. Spread the paste on one side of the bacon and then bake for 10 minutes.
6. Pull out bacon and turn each slice over. Spread the paste the other side of the bacon and out back in the oven for another 10 minutes.
7. Pull bacon out and turn it over again, then bake for another 5-10 minutes, or until bacon is evenly glazed.
8. Cool completely and then chop into small pieces.

9. Maple Ice Cream:

10. Combine all the ice cream ingredients except the bacon in a medium sauce pan and heat to 170°F.
11. Cool completely before adding to your ice ream maker.
12. Follow you ice cream makers directions, but the basics are
13. make sure you machine has been in the freezer for 24 hours and that the mixture is chilled completely.
14. add the mixture to the machine while it's running.
15. wait until the ice cream is at a soft serve consistancy before adding the bacon pieces.
16. Put the ice cream in an airtight container and put in the freezer for a few hours before enjoying.

Reviews

[Kellie Kuhar]

This ice cream will change your life! It is excellent! A few thoughts on the recipe...<br/><br/>I am not sure why the base needs to be brought up to 170 degrees when there aren't any eggs.<br/><br/>The paste was hard to spread on the bacon. Next time I plan to sprinkle the brown sugar, then drizzle with the syrup.<br/><br/>I added extra Maple Extract to the base to up the maple flavor.

 

[dvasil]

This turned out fantastic. The previous reviews were super helpful too. I candied the bacon by sprinkling brown sugar and drizzling maple syrup. Worked great. And I used 1/2 tsp of maple extract, double what the recipe calls for, and the maple flavor was perfect. I was skeptical about the lack of eggs but it really worked. This recipe is a total winner.

 

[Seattle Lori]

My friends are so thankful I found this recipie. I didn't have maple flavoring so I added more syrup. Thank you to DeliciouAsItLooks for the tip on changing the foil every time the bacon goes in the oven.

 

[cats1976mail-stuff]

Thanks for sharing, I found a recipe for maple bacon ice cream some years ago (probably 20 years ago) in a magazine, tore out the page then misplaced it. I've never forgotten about it tho. I'm looking forward to making it.

 

[Michelle R.]

Does it need to be real cream/milk? I have a child who can't handle this much dairy. Could we sub at least part of it with another milk product? Maybe use a little bit of full cream and then the rest an almond milk, etc? Will it still turn to soft serve (albeit less creamy)?