I was looking for something different, but without much direction, when I stumbled onto a recipe for Guinness Ice Cream. I couldn't quite get my head around the concept and delved further on the web. Eventually, I landed on a blog I actually read occasionally (Accidental Hedonist) with a similar version pulled from the Boston Globe.
Why the hell not?
I can tell you, the Accidental Hedonist blogger's description was dead on. It is very deeply flavored and very rich. However, it is also very good. I deviated by throwing in some Ghirardelli semi-sweet chocolate chips. I found it added a nice balance to the molasses and beer flavors. Besides, I like stuff in my ice cream.
Outside of special equipment (which you don't need, but is immensely helpful), making ice cream is another really easy task. Armed with some Guinness, molasses, egg yolk, sugar, milk and heavy cream, I was set to create a miracle.
Assembled arsenal.
Bring molasses and beer to boil and remove from heat immediately.
Mix yolks, sugar, then whisk in milk and cream.
Slooooowly add in the beer concoction, eventually getting this nice coffee cream colored liquid.
After chilling that mixture overnight (could do it shorter, but you have to give the flavors time to get to know each other before the orgy starts), the whole mess gets dumped into the handy ice cream churning machine.
There we go, nicely nestled in a plastic container.
And preparing to get eaten.
And in a last minute decision of excess, why not add some caramel topping and nuts.
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