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Candied bacon ice cream

Anyone that has ever melted milk chocolate over salty popcorn, knows that sweet and savoury is a winning combination. This recipe may be little unorthodox, but we promise it’s worth the risk. If you’re up for something a little different (or maybe some ice cream for breakfast) why not give it a go? Ingredients: <ul> <li>2 smoked bacon rashers</li> <li>600ml cream</li> <li>1 cup milk</li> <li>100g caster sugar</li> <li>4 egg yolks</li> <li>pinch salt</li> <li>¼ teaspoon smoked paprika</li> </ul> For the candied bacon <ul> <li>4 smoked bacon rashers, grilled</li> <li>1 cup brown sugar</li> <li>½ cup maple syrup</li> <li>Honeycomb to serve</li> </ul> Method: <ol> <li>Preheat oven to 160°C.</li> <li>Cut the rashers of smoked bacon in half and place bacon in a deep heavy based saucepan.</li> <li>Whisk together the cream, milk and caster sugar and pour over the bacon.</li> <li>Heat the saucepan over a low heat being careful not to boil the milk approximately 5 minutes.</li> <li>Allow the mixture to cool slightly and remove the bacon pieces</li> <li>Remove half a cup of the cream mixture and whisk together with the egg yolks. Salt and paprika.</li> <li>Return the mixture to the saucepan and heat stirring constantly until mixture has thickened and coats the back of the spoon.</li> <li>Remove the custard from the saucepan and cool in a bowl. Return the bacon to the bowl and cover with a piece of baking paper to prevent a skin forming. Cool in the refrigerator 20 minutes. Whilst custard is cooling, prepare the candied bacon.</li> <li>Place the grilled bacon on a tray lined with baking paper and pour the combined sugar and maple syrup. Coat the bacon well with the mixture.</li> <li>Place the tray in the pre-heated oven until bacon is caramelised, this should take approximately 15 minutes. Remove and place bacon on a wire rack to cool.</li> <li>Remove the custard from the refrigerator and remove the bacon pieces and discard. Turn ice cream churn on, slowly pour the ice cream into the ice-cream machine. Finely chop 2 of the candied bacon rashers into very small pieces and add the bacon to the ice cream and churn for 20 minutes.</li> <li>Remove the ice cream from the churn and place in an airtight container freeze for 12 hours prior to serving.</li> <li>Serve scoops of bacon ice cream with a shard of candied bacon and top with chopped honeycomb.</li> </ol> Are you daring enough to try this kooky combination? Let us know in the comments below. Recipe courtesy of <a href="http://www.pork.com.au/home-page-consumer.aspx" target="_blank">Australian Pork.</a> Have you ordered your copy of the Over60 cookbook, The Way Mum Made It, yet? Featuring 175 delicious tried-and-true recipes from you, the Over60 community, and your favourites that have appeared on the Over60 website, <a href="https://shop.abc.net.au/products/way-mum-made-it-pbk" target="_blank">head to the abcshop.com.au to order your copy now</a>. Related links: <a href="/lifestyle/food-wine/2016/07/pear-and-chocolate-crumble/">Pear and chocolate crumble</a> <a href="/lifestyle/food-wine/2016/07/slow-cooked-chocolate-lava-cake/">Slow-cooked chocolate lava cake</a> <a href="/lifestyle/food-wine/2016/06/potato-and-crispy-bacon-soup/">Potato and crispy bacon soup</a>

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