I did a smart thing this past fall and began storing the freezer bowl of my ice cream maker in the freezer so I could be ready to whip up a quart of ice cream whenever the mood struck. Well, the mood struck this weekend.
I had to sort of bend my “rules” a little to include this ice cream recipe on Cooking On the Side. They don’t actually have any recipes on the Baileys Irish Cream bottle, which was a bummer as I really wanted to try a Baileys recipe for St. Patrick’s Day. So I invoked a “holiday exception” and went over to the Baileys.com website for this one.
This stuff is pretty awesome. It’s basically a rich, vanilla custard base with a shot of Baileys for good measure. The flavor balance is just perfect – the taste of Irish cream is definitely there, but not “boozy”. Since the Baileys goes in after the cooking process there is alcohol, so this isn’t really one for the kids. But it’s just as well, because that means more for you!
Baileys Irish Cream Ice Cream
Adapted from the Baileys Irish Cream website
INGREDIENTS:
6 egg yolks
4 oz. (1/2 cup) extra fine sugar
18 fl oz. milk
1/2 pod vanilla, split
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
2 fl oz. (1/4 cup) heavy cream
2 fl oz. (1/4 cup) Baileys Irish Cream
DIRECTIONS:
Use a whisk to beat the eggs with 1 oz. of the sugar in a bowl until the mixture lifts from the surface in ribbons. Put the milk, the remaining sugar and the vanilla into a saucepan and bring to the boil. Pour over the egg mixture, beating well. Return to the saucepan and heat gently to thicken the mixture until it coats the back of a spoon – don’t heat too fiercely or it will turn to scrambled egg. Strain through a sieve and leave to cool. Beat the heavy cream and Baileys Irish cream into the mixture.
If you have an ice cream maker:
Chill thoroughly, then freeze the cream mixture in your ice cream maker according to the manufacturer’s instructions.
If you don’t have an ice cream maker:
Put the cream mixture in a large freezer container and freeze. Remove from the freezer every 15 minutes to beat out any large ice crystals that have formed, until the mixture is mousse-like. Freeze until set, about 2 hours.
What a lovely, yummy, refreshing bowl of ice cream. I don’t drink alcohol, but it still looks great!
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oh this sounds awesome!!! wish i had an icecream maker 🙂
The recipe actually does have instructions for making it without an ice cream maker. But it is a fun machine to have when you “need” it! 🙂
Oh yum, I’ve been wanting to make this ice cream!
Your ice cream looks fantastic! Perfect for this week too.
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I also have been keeping my ice cream maker on continuous freeze. The ice cream is so much better! I made vanilla this weekend with chopped Scharfenberger dark chocolate and chopped York peppermint patties.
That actually sounds really amazing – I love Yorks!
Ice Cream! Yummy…looks good, I’m sure it it was tasty!
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Love your Blog and Facebook page. I saw it first on Facebook. I have a cooking spot on Facebook as well, All it takes is a can opener and a crockpot, and am always looking for wonderful recipes to try at home.
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Yay! Excellent. I suppose it would make me a pretty bad mom to let the kids try it huh? (hee hee) My ice cream bowl is already frozen and ready to go for tomorrow’s treat! Of course, I have to modify it to get rid of the sugar…hopefully splenda will work just as well! Thanks Kathy!
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Who knows, they might like it! I’ll be interested to hear how it comes out with Splenda.
Everything always gets so much more tasty around Saint Patrick’s Day 😉 I love your photography on this, I can’t wait to try out the recipe thanks for posting!
Oh man, send a pint over!
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A shot of Baileys for good measure is all right by me 🙂
That looks like a delicious way to celebrate St. Patty’s day. And thanks for the reminder to put my ice cream bowl back in the freezer. I took it out for winter but the time has come to put it back. 🙂
Yeah!!!!!
thanks for sharing your recipe. If I want to make chocolate baileys ice cream, what should I do?
That sounds really good. I’d probably search for a good chocolate ice cream recipe and add in a bit of Bailey’s.
How much does it make?
It’s about 3 cups.