Ingredients

  • 6 large egg yolks
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1 cup whole milk
  • 1 cup heavy cream
  • 1/2 vanilla bean, split lengthwise and seeds scraped out
  • 1 ounce Baileys Irish Cream
  • 1 ounce Irish whiskey
  • Dash of chocolate bitters
  • 2 ounces Guinness stout

Method

  • Make the ice cream: Whisk the egg yolks and sugar in a large bowl until pale.
  • Bring the milk, heavy cream, and vanilla pod and seeds to a simmer in a small saucepan.
  • Slowly whisk the hot liquid into the egg mixture; strain through a fine-mesh sieve into a clean bowl, then set the bowl in a larger bowl of ice water.
  • Add the Irish cream and whiskey and stir until cool.
  • Transfer to the refrigerator and chill at least 3 hours.
  • Freeze in an ice cream maker according to the manufacturer's directions.
  • For each float, put a scoop of the ice cream in a glass.
  • Add the chocolate bitters and top with the Guinness.
  • If you don't have an ice cream maker, fold Baileys Irish Cream and whiskey into softened vanilla ice cream and freeze until firm.
  • Photograph by Kana Okada