Scooped: Brown Ale and Buckwheat Honey Ice Cream

Name: Scooped: Brown Ale and Buckwheat Honey Ice Cream
Prep time: 10 h
Cook time: 10 h
Total time: 10 h
Yield: 2
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 340 grams bottle Brown Ale (Brooklyn Brewery, ideally); 1 bay leaf; 1 teaspoon black peppercorns; 1 cardamom pod, crushed; 1 whole cinnamon stick; 6 larges egg yolks; 710 milliliters half-and-half (or 1.5 cups whole milk, 1.5 cups heavy cream); 79 milliliters buckwheat honey (preferably raw, see note); 79 milliliters sugar plus 2 tablespoons sugar, divided; 1 teaspoons vanilla extract

This recipe makes 2 servings with 1012 calories, 20g of protein, and 56g of fat each. This recipe covers 25% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. It is a good option if you're following a vegetarian diet. It will be a hit at your Summer event. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 10 hours. If you have buckwheat honey, sugar plus 2 tablespoons sugar, cardamom pod, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it.

Instructions

Heat half-and-half, cinnamon, cloves, peppercorns, cardamom and bay leaf in medium heavy-bottomed saucepan over medium-low heat until fragrant, about 40 minutes. If mixture bubbles, reduce heat until it is just barely steaming.

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Cardamom

Cinnamon

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Add 1/3 bottle (4 ounces) beer and 1/3 cup sugar to small heavy-bottomed saucepan and heat over medium heat, swirling gently, until deeply caramelized, about 5 minutes. Slowly pour beer and sugar into half-and-half, stirring constantly.

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Sugar

Beer

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Whisk egg yolks with remaining 2 tablespoons sugar until pale yellow in color and mixture falls in wide ribbons from whisk. Slowly pour 1 cup half and half mixture into eggs, whisking constantly.

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Half And Half

Egg Yolk

Sugar

Egg

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Whisk

Pour egg mixture back into pot with half and half, whisking constantly.

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Half And Half

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Whisk

Pot

Heat over medium heat, whisking constantly, until mixture thickens slightly and registers 160 degrees on instant read thermometer, about 5 minutes (mixture should coat back of wooden spoon).

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Whisk

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Pour ice cream base through fine meshed strainer into a mixing bowl, and allow to cool to room temperature.

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Ice Cream

Base

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Sieve

Add the honey and remaining beer and whisk to combine. Chill overnight in refrigerator. Freeze in ice cream maker according to manufacturer's instructions.

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Ice Cream

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