Scooped: Irish Coffee Ice Cream with Shaved Dark Chocolate and Candied Pecans

Name: Scooped: Irish Coffee Ice Cream with Shaved Dark Chocolate and Candied Pecans
Prep time: 50 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: European, Irish
Ingredients: 2 Tbsps butter, cut into small pats; 118 milliliters candied pecans (without the aleppo chile); 1 teaspoon fine coffee grinds, freshly ground; 57 grams dark chocolate, about 70% cacao, shaved fine with a vegetable peeler; 6 egg yolks; 710 milliliters half-and-half (or 1 1/2 cup each cream and whole milk); 1 teaspoon kosher salt; 355 milliliters sugar; 4 Tbsps whisky, divided (recommended: Jameson)

Scooped: Irish Coffee Ice Cream with Shaved Dark Chocolate and Candied Pecans might be just the dessert you are searching for. This recipe covers 7% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One portion of this dish contains about 6g of protein, 23g of fat, and This recipe is typical of European cuisine. It will be a hit at your st. patrick day event. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free, fodmap friendly, and vegetarian diet. Head to the store and pick up butter, sugar, chocolate, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 50 minutes.

Instructions

Add sugar to a three quart saucepan with enough water to just moisten sugar, about 1/4 cup.

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Sugar

Water

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Place on high heat and bring to a boil.

Let caramel form and darken, rotating pot if hot spots form. When caramel has turned dark amber and starts to smoke, turn off heat and stir in butter with a wooden spoon. Caramel will bubble, so watch for steam.

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Caramel

Butter

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When butter is fully integrated, add half-and-half in a steady stream and stir to combine. Caramel will bubble high and steam. When dairy is fully incorporated, add coffee grinds, salt, and 1 tablespoon whisky. If caramel seizes up, stir it on low heat until it dissolves.

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Butter

Coffee

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In a large bowl, whisk egg yolks well until lemony in color and thickened (they will fall off whisk in ribbons).

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Egg Yolk

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Whisk

Bowl

Add a ladle of caramel mixture to yolks, whisking constantly. Repeat until bottom of bowl is warm to touch.

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Whisk

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Transfer yolk mixture to pot and whisk to combine.

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Whisk

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Return pot to low heat and let custard thicken, stirring frequently with wooden spoon. Custard is done when it coats the back of a spoon and a finger swiped across leaves a clean line.

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Custard