Bacon Ice Cream #2
The first bacon ice cream was sweet… so we decided to make something savory this time: Spicy Avacado Bacon Ice Cream. There was very little cream in the recipe, in fact, it is pretty much frozen guacamole. But still really delicious. It goes really well with chili - the cool avacado really complements the warm chili, the same effect adding sour cream has. I don’t think i’d just eat this on its own. It needs something like chips. And it doesn’t melt when it’s left out. Just turns into regular guac.
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Spicy Avacado Bacon Ice Cream
- 3 ripe avocados
- 4 oz. cream cheese, crumbled
- 1 fresno chili, minced
- 2 T. lemon juice
- ½ c. heavy cream
- ½ t. salt
- ½ t. sugar
- ~ 1 T. tequila
- 1/2 lb bacon
Fry bacon in skillet until crisp. Place between paper towels to soak up all the grease. Leave at room temperature and chop into bits. Halve avocados and scoop out flesh. Place in a blender with cream cheese, chili, and lemon juice. Add about half of the cream. Pulse into a thick puree. Add the rest of the cream, salt, sugar, and puree until smooth. Add tequila to taste and blend until mixed. Freeze in ice cream maker. Add bacon bits during the last 5 minutes of freezing. Serve with chips and chili.
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Tags: bacon ice cream
February 28th, 2008 at 10:00 am
I’m psyched you found a way to combine bacon and ice cream — two things that definitely needed combining. I attempted this once myself, but it turns out bacon bits don’t make a good sprinkle substitute.