I’m not really a dessert junkie. That said, I tasted this years ago in Northwest Arkansas and have craved it ever since. Yesterday I was tasked to bring a dessert to a friend’s gathering. Hence, Candied Bacon Ice Cream!
Guys, this one isn’t for total noobies but you CAN learn to do this and if you are a dessert junkie, well, this is your gateway drug.
I had to learn to crack an egg and separate the yolks, something I found quite messy at first. Crack too hard. Oops, mess or break the yolks. Crack too softly. Oops, won’t open, then by pressing too hard, a mess. Don’t bother to buy a fancy yolk separator gadget. That wastes time and takes up precious drawer space. Learn to use your (clean) hands and fingers to let the white slip out while retaining the yolks.
To quote Steve Jobs, “but wait, there’s more!” The one, most important thing to successfully complete this recipe, or any that requires incorporating eggs into a hot mixture, is the patience required to combine your yolks with the warm/hot brown sugar mixture. It involves something called tempering your eggs. If you pour your hot mixture into your eggs too fast, and raise the temperature of your eggs too much, you will effectively “scramble” the eggs. Not good, and in fact I have done this more than once. Once done, you cannot take the scramble out of the eggs and you have to start over. So. Take your time!
The trick is to add a little bit of mix at a time while stirring constantly so that the temperature of the eggs rises slowly and won’t curdle. As the eggs temperature rises you can add more and a little faster until it is all mixed together. Then you can return it to the sauce-pot and cook on low-medium heat until it thickens enough to coat the back of a spoon and call it custard. Hint: it should be releasing a little steam and while stirring and scraping the bottom of the pan your spatula will begin to leave a little trail like the wake of a boat. It’s ready.
Credit to a guy named David Liebovitz for the base recipe, and modified only slightly. I did re-write the directions into a cooking for noobies language though and I hope you find it helpful.
Enjoy!
Candied Bacon Ice Cream
Ingredients – Candied bacon
Bacon
Instructions – Candied bacon
Instructions – Ice Cream
Find it online: https://www.cooksavorcelebrate.com/candied-bacon-ice-cream/