Savoury Ice Cream

[cheftilka]

Hi, I'm writing a summer menu and im really keane to experiment with savoury ice cream as an entree on my next summer menu. What do you guys think of it?

I was thinking of maybe a savoury bacon, sweet chilli and sour cream ice cream in a fried potato basket topped with fresh chives.... wat do you guys think? any other ideas?

Thanks

[ChefSwag]

As good as the combo sounds, i think i would have a hard time taking a nice big scoop of bacon ice cream. What kinds of entree's are you looking at? Maybe infusing an ice cream base with a savory herb or spice might work (like garlic ice cream)

[cheftilka]

Thanks Allan....I guess I could only try...apparently fat duck in the UK has a really popular bacon ice cream and nitro scrambled eggs so i have been told

[cheztom]

The closest I've come to savoury ice cream is a "fire and ice" combo sorbet I've done recently that combines mango sorbet with minced pappadews. Deelicious.

Peppadews

I worry about the mouth feel of an ice cream with both bacon and sour cream. How are you going to prevent the experience from being a festival of chilled bacon-flavored lard paste?

[cheftilka]

I made the ice cream and it was strangely extremely delicious, i used a base mix of condensed milk, egg yolks, and full cream millk, added some cooked bacon puree sour cream and sweet chilli sauce, i then fried a potato basket to put it in and chopped some chives to go on the top. I removed the fat from the bacon and replaced most of the milk with softened sour cream. I think if people would be game enough to try it........I am still going to try out some different combinations such as the garlic ice cream suggested By allan O with some fresh chopped parsley

Has anyone got any more ideas that you think could work

[Bubba Shlub]

A chef I used to work for once made blue cheese ice cream. I don't remember what it went with. I think some kind of cheese course, but I'm not sure. It was good.

He made ginger ice cream that was served with apple crisp. That was some good stuff too.

The same chef alsomade a tomato sorbet that was served with gazpacho.

I've always wanted to try to make some kind of pulled bbq pork ice cream. Yeah, it sounds strange. LOL. I don't know if the pork would freeze too much to eat that way, or if the fats in the ice cream would prevent it from getting too hard. I still want to try it someday.

[chefthomas]

Cheese ice cream ie.Goat cheese, Blu cheese, and even a roasted garlic ice cream are awsome paired w/soups for an extra depth and richness that can't be matched....for summer how about a nice Boody Mary sobet with cold Boiled shrimp over wild field greens???

[cewall]

Savory ice creams are a lot of fun to create. You really have to have the right customer base to really pull it off. The Fat Duck has a successful Bacon and Egg Ice Cream because, well, it is the Fat Duck.

I guess, in short, don't get discouraged if your creations don't fly out of the kitchen. I'd suggest serving them as an amuse first, then begin to integrate them into the menu. This is, of course, if you feel you may have a weary customer base.

[chefa1a]

another fire and ice

I did a mango-jalapeno sorbet with grilled shrimp

got the idea from tom douglas chef @ icaraus in Boston

[justwingit]

I was going to make cheddar cheese icecream to go with aple pie (Canadian's love cheese with their apple pie)

But decided against it, as they (locals) might not be ready for such craziness!!

Tom

[ChezMemere]

http://gonewengland.about.com/cs/lobster/a/aalbstricecream.htm

[mothball]

have made a decent curry ice-cream before.
use a commercial ice cream base and season w curry powder, chili powder and.. chicken stock powder. its a flavoured ice cream!

and have tried a roast beef ice-cream too, paired w fries of cos. dont stress yourself out by making it from scratch, especially for complex ones. use flavours. the trick is to get it as authentic tasting as possible, and strong enough to deliver an impact in a small portion.

otherwise your food cost will be tremedous! not many can afford to buy a side of beef, roast it off just for the drippings for the ice cream. gud luck

[FoodisHOT]

There's a restauran here in Ottawa that makes a parmesean ice cream.

Other Ideas:

Cucumber ice cream (think cold cucumber soup in ice cream form)
Avocado Sorbet (to top gazpacho or spicy mexi flavours)
Corn Ice Cream (this is in an ice cream book that I own, seems a little odd, but then you think creamed corn....)
Wasabii ice cream (another play on the "fire and ice" theme)

[moselle]

I was at a TomatoFest in Carmel CA last weekend and there were Chef's from all over the Bay area making their favorite tomato dishes. There were several variation of tomato ice cream, most incorporated in a savory dish. The best tomato ice cream IMO was served alone on a cone.
Cold ice cream on a savory dish was off putting to me.
I want try Tom's cheese ice cream on apple pie. That sounds GREAT to me! I'd buy it!

[Bubba Shlub]

Wasabii ice cream (another play on the "fire and ice" theme)

I tasted some reaspberry wasabi sorbet once. The wasabi was a little strong, but other than that it wasn't too bad.