decadent bacon ice cream

Pecan-Brown Sugar and Bacon Ice Cream

Makes one pint.  I saw a recipe for this as a homemade ice cream on the website of The Splendid Table.  While wanting to try it, I just didn’t have time to make ice cream, so I devised this version as a mix-in to store bought vanilla ice cream.  Scrumptious! 

            1 pint premium vanilla ice cream            ⅓ lb. bacon, cooked until very crisp,

            2 Tbs. brown sugar                                 blotted on paper towels and finely

            ⅓ c. chopped pecans                              chopped

Let ice cream soften at room temperature a bit.  Meanwhile, melt sugar in a sauté pan over medium heat and stir in pecans to coat.  Pour out on foil sprayed with cooking spray, break apart when cooled.  Stir the candied pecans and cooked bacon into the softened ice cream; return to the freezer to re-freeze.  Try not to eat the entire pint by yourself in one sitting!