Yesterday I was a guest on KCRW’s St. Patricks day episode of Good Food. The host was Evan Kleiman, a chef, author and Los Angeles food scene legend. She called my recipes, “smart,” which if you are a home cook, sitting in front of an accomplished chef, is the best word you can hear.
We chatted about stouts, one of my favorite beer topics. Forget about pale lagers and green food dye, stouts are the life blood of St. Patrick’s day. In preparation for our stout conversation, I asked my Facebook readers what their favorite stouts are, and the response was amazing. My non-scientific poll concluded the most popular stouts among those who have clicked “like” on The Beeroness Facebook page are: Old Rasputin, Souther Tier Choklat, Lagunitas Cappuccino Stout and Founders Breakfast Stout. All of which would be amazing in this recipes, but I used Alaskan Brewing Smoked Porter. Just goes to show how many amazing dark craft beers there are in this nation. If you have a stout or porter that you love, let me know about it. I’m always up for a tall glass of dark beer.
Whatever you use, don’t forget to make it a chocolate bacon beer float.
Ingredients
- 2 cups whole milk
- 1 ½ cups semi-sweet chocolate chips (40% to 45% coca)
- 1 cup cream
- 1 cup smoked porter (or chocolate porter)
- 4 egg yolks
- 1 2/3 cups sugar
- 1/4 tsp smoked paprika
- Beer Candied Bacon (recipe below)
Directions
- In the top of a double boiler over gently simmering water, add the milk and chocolate. Stir until chocolate has melted, remove from heat, allow to cool for about 5 minutes.
- In a large bowl, add the porter, sugar, cream, smoked paprika and egg yolk, whisk until well combined. Allow to cool slightly.
- While continuing to whisk, slowly pour the hot chocolate over the egg yolks.
- Add mixture to a saucepan, stir over medium high heat until mixture starts to thicken, about 5 minutes. If the mixture is lumpy, pour through a mesh strainer to remove lumps.
- Transfer to a storage container, cover and refrigerate until very cold, about 6 hours and up to 12.
- Churn in ice cream maker according to manufactures specifications. The mixture will probably only reach a soft serve consistency.
- Transfer to a freezer safe container; freeze until firm, about 2 hours.
- Sprinkle with crumbled candied bacon (recipe below).
Ingredients
- 1 cup brown sugar, packed
- 3 tbs stout
- pinch cayenne
- 12 thick cut strips of bacon
Directions
- Combine the brown sugar, stout and cayenne until thick and syrupy.
- Lay bacon on a wire rack over a rimmed baking sheet.
- Brush bacon with beer syrup on both sides.
- Cook at 350 for ten minutes, flip and re-brush with beer syrup.
- Cook for 8 to 10 more minutes or until the bacon is an amber color.
- Remove from oven and allow to cool. Bacon will harden as it cools.
Beer Candied Bacon Adapted from Oskar Blues via Tide and Thyme.
Will you merry me.
Killer. I like the addition of cayenne – going to try that next time!
Ok so you had me at bacon….this looks amazing!
This looks absolutely amazing. It makes me want to go out and buy and ice cream maker, just so I can make it and have that delicious looking float! Nicely done!
Congratulations on your feature, how wonderful to hear such compliments from an accomplished chef!
When it comes to beer based recipes, I’ll just say: you’re brilliant! Smoky chocolate porter ice cream is one of the best ideas I’ve heard in while!
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I’m at a loss of words for how stunning this recipe looks! Minneapolis is BURSTING with smoked stouts and porters right now: Surly smoke, Indeed’s Hot Box and Northbound Smokehouse’s smoked porter are the three most popular…and now all are BEGGING for this ice cream to be made. I wonder how the Hot Box with its pepper burn on the back end would fair? Sadly for the rest of the country none of the breweries distribute outside of Minnesota. Yet,
Bacon, ice cream, porter. I think I just died and went to heaven!
Go you, Jackie!!! Seriously, you’re genius, lady! And this post has me dreaming of beer, chocolate, and bacon right now.
Go you, Jackie!!! Seriously, you’re genius, lady! And this post has me dreaming of beer, chocolate, and bacon right now.
Aaaaamazing! I have got this bookmarked. I want to try it with Southern Tier’s Creme Brûlée Stout!
I’m loving the idea of that bacon in so many different recipes. Stouts have always been my favorite type of beer and we’ll definitely be drinking a couple on St. Patrick’s Day!
huh…. are you single? lol