Bacon Ice Cream Lollipops w/ Cacao Nibs
Ingredients:
- 6 Egg Yolks
- 3oz Sugar
- ½ Vanilla Bean
- 7oz Milk
- 9oz Heavy Cream
- 9oz Bacon, Chopped, Rendered (Reserve fat and bacon separately)
- Cacao Nibs (as needed)
Directions:
- Preheat a waterbath to 85 degrees Celsius
- Cream the egg yolks, sugar, and bacon fat in a stand mixer.
- Add the vanilla bean and whisk in the cream and milk.
- Pour the liquid into a vacuum pouch and vacuum seal it.
- Cook the mixture for 20 minutes. After 20 minutes has elapsed, remove the pouch from the waterbath and let it sit at room temperature for 5 minutes before transferring it to an ice bath.
- Refrigerate the mixture for 1 day before pouring it into an ISI canister.
- Charge twice with No2, shaking the canister vigorously after each charge.
- Freeze for 5 minutes on the Anti-Griddle. Insert a lollipop stick and garnish with reserved bacon and cacao nibs half way through freezing.