Bacon Maple Ice Cream
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.
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INGREDIENTS
NutritionCandied Bacon
- 8slices maple bacon
- 1⁄4cup brown sugar
- 1tablespoon maple syrup
Maple Ice Cream
- 2cups half-and-half cream
- 1cup heavy cream
- 1⁄3cup brown sugar
- 1⁄3cup vanilla sugar
- 1⁄3cup maple syrup
- 1pinch kosher salt
- 1⁄4teaspoon maple flavoring (optional)
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DIRECTIONS
- Bacon:
- Pre Heat oven to 400°F.
- mix the 1 tablespoon of syrup and the 1/4 cup brown sugar to form a paste.
- Lay the bacon out on a cooling rack on a lined sheet pan (lining the sheet pan will save you some nasty clean up.
- Spread the paste on one side of the bacon and then bake for 10 minutes.
- 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.
- Pull bacon out and turn it over again, then bake for another 5-10 minutes, or until bacon is evenly glazed.
- Cool completely and then chop into small pieces.
- Maple Ice Cream:
- Combine all the ice cream ingredients except the bacon in a medium sauce pan and heat to 170°F.
- Cool completely before adding to your ice ream maker.
- Follow you ice cream makers directions, but the basics are
- make sure you machine has been in the freezer for 24 hours and that the mixture is chilled completely.
- add the mixture to the machine while it's running.
- wait until the ice cream is at a soft serve consistancy before adding the bacon pieces.
- Put the ice cream in an airtight container and put in the freezer for a few hours before enjoying.
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