coffee stout ice cream with chocolate covered pretzels
 
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Serves: 8
Ingredients
  • 2cups whole milk
  • 1½tbsp cornstarch
  • 3oz cream cheese, very softened (zapping in the microwave for 8 to 10 seconds works great)
  • ⅛tsp fine sea salt
  • 1¼cups heavy cream
  • ⅔cups sugar
  • 2tbsp light corn syrup (I did not have this so I substituted raw honey)
  • 2tbsp of a dark roast coffee bean coarsely ground
  • ½cup dark stout beer (I used Guinness)
  • 1cup chopped small chocolate covered pretzels
Instructions
  1. First mix the cornstarch with 2tbsp of the milk in a small bowl (making a slurry as Jeni says). In a large bowl whisk the cream cheese and salt until well combined. Set both aside.
  2. Fill a separate large bowl with ice and water (making an ice bath). Combine remaining milk, cream, sugar and corn syrup in a medium saucepan over medium hight heat. Bring to a rolling boil and allow to boil for 4 minutes. Remove from heat and add coffee grounds. Allow to steep for at least 5 minutes.
  3. Strain the milk mixture though a sieve lined with cheese cloth. Be sure to squeeze excess milk out of cheesecloth (don't want to waste any of the yumminess). Discard the grounds.
  4. Return milk mixture to saucepan and gradually whisk in cornstarch slurry. Bring back to a boil, stirring with a rubber spatula. Allow the mixture to thicken and boil for about a minute. Remove from heat.
  5. Gradually whisk the milk mixture into the cream cheese (waiting for it in a large bowl). Add stout and combine well.
  6. Carefully pour mixture into a gallon freezer bag. Secure bag and set in ice bath for 30 minutes, adding ice as necessary.
  7. Snip a corner of your bag and pour mixture into a frozen ice cream canister. Spin in your ice cream maker until thick and creamy. Add chopped pretzels right at the end - allow to spin just under a minute until well combined.
  8. Pack ice cream into a container and press parchment paper directly onto top surface. Freeze for at least 4 hours before devouring. It's worth the wait!
Recipe by pretty plain janes at https://prettyplainjanes.com/2015/06/03/coffee-stout-ice-cream-with-chocolate-covered-pretzels/