Candied Bacon Ice Cream
As a proponent of all things porcine, I cannot help but feel a little misty-eyed today as I scrolled through my reader. It seems an ice cream genius by the name of David Lebovitz has won. Yes, he has beaten the game and reached the end credits of ice cream making. He probably even entered his initials. His invention? Candied Bacon Ice Cream. Inspired by Michael Ruhlman's half-joke that David use bacon as an ice cream ingredient, Lebovitz devised what looks to be the flavor to end all flavors. He even provides the recipe, which obviously requires an ice cream maker.
When you think about it, is adding deliciously salty-sweet pork flesh any weirder than ice cream itself? When you get down to it, ice cream is frozen congealed bovine lactations mixed with poultry embryos and the distilled essence of beets. Sometimes you add chocolate to it. Bacon is just the next logical step. An ice cream evolution, if you will.
I like to think of myself as a bit of a connoisseur of the non-standard ice cream flavors at your local freezer case. I have lauded the merits of yellow cake ice cream, Kinder Egg flavored gelato and creme brulee Ben and Jerry's, and I urge you to heartily gorge yourself on these non-standard flavors. But I do believe if I attempt this recipe I will never look back.
[link via Serious Eats]
What say you?!