GUINNESS MILKSHAKES.

Enough said. New March tradition? Yes, please.

I MADE GUINNESS ICE CREAM.

Happy birthday, Paul! Even if you never write down the awesome beers you try anymore, you're still a super awesome friend and I hope your day is great.



Remember how much I love Guinness? So much.

A while back, this recipe came up in my Google Reader. I love stout (though I admit I have not had the one she uses in the recipe yet) and I love ice cream, so I kept this in the back of my head. Recently, my friend Mike said something about his ice cream maker.

Bingo.

So when I say that I made Guinness ice cream, really I mean I found the recipe and Mike did most of the work (except pouring the ingredients in the bowl, which his five year old nephew did*, and stirring, which I did).

BUT IT'S AWESOME. Initial taste tests post-churning were really, really good, though we found it to be a little icy the next day. I've never made ice cream before so I don't know why that is? And it was fine as long as I let it melt in my mouth a little bit. We obviously used Guinness instead of chocolate stout (mostly because of the pending Irish holiday/knowing Mike likes Guinness but not other stout/I love Guinness so who cares), and I love Guinness for its very plain and subtle sweetness, which is very conducive to a not overly, terribly sweet dessert (as noted here, when I made Guinness chocolate cupcakes). I would absolutely try this again with a chocolate or oatmeal (or maybe milk, or World Wide?!) stout.

2 eggs-- stir for two minutes alone, then stir in the rest of the stuff:
1/2 cup white sugar
1/4 cup dark brown sugar
2 cups heavy cream
1 cup whole milk
12 ounces stout

Chill for five hours. Churn for a while (we did for 40ish minutes, the original recipe called for 45). Freeze overnight. Enjoy.

Later today I will be serving as DD for several others, but I'm hoping that will earn me a single regular liquid Guinness early in the evening. Wishing you all a very happy and safe St. Patrick's Day/Paul's 26th birthday!



*We did not let the five year old try the beer ice cream. When he asked what flavor we were making, I told him grownup flavored, and Mike promised him we could make whatever flavor he wanted next week. He chose cookie dough. Not relevant to this blog, but I imagine it will be pretty great nonetheless.

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