Bacon Ice Cream with Maple Syrup

Ingredients:

Inspired by watching an episode of Good Eats about making ice cream and slight inebriation, my brother, friends and I decided to make some ice cream using our favorite meaty meat - BACON. Now, I ain't no fancy city chef, but I do know my way around bacon.

The recipe is pretty simple, here are the ingredients (we were too excited about making the ice cream to take a pre-shot with all the ingredients laid out)

3 cups of heavy cream
1 cup milk
1 1/4 cups firmly packed dark brown sugar
4 egg yolks
1 pound bacon, cooked until very crisp and finely chopped

Step 1:

Combine cream, milk, and sugar in saucepan and cook over medium-high heat until hot and the sugar is completely dissolved, stirring occasionally.

Step 2:

While the milk, cream, and sugar are having their fun, go ahead and cook up the bacon if you'd like. Yum.

Step 3:

Crack the eggs and capture the yolks.

Step 4:

Beat them in a small bowl until smooth.

Step 5:

Slowly whisk in 1 cup of the hot cream-milk from step one, tempering the eggs.

Step 6:

Return the yolk mixture to the saucepan, beating constantly.

Step 7:

Cook over medium heat, stirring continuously, until the mixture coats the back of a wooden spoon. Do not let it boil.

Step 8:

Pour mixture into a bowl and let it cool completely (toss in the fridge). Go watch TV or see a movie, this takes a while.

Step 9:

Add the bacon to the bowl and mix in.

Step 10:

Pour the mixture into your ice cream maker and follow the instructions for your model.

Step 11:

Now lets serve up some yummy bacon ice cream - FOR BREAKFAST!
I garnished mine with maple syrup. YUM-O!

This may go great as a waffle topping.

I'd make it again, but I think soft serve would be better for it. I'd suggest anyone else who tries it to leave it longer in the freezer.

Step 12:

Close up of the Bacon Ice Cream with Maple Syrup.