Bee sting ice cream: milk, almonds and honey

Bienenstich ice cream is the dream come true for every lover of this classic cake.

Why bee sting is so popular? Because the union of Vanilla cream cream and Almond brittle is so delicious. You'll find the same with this ice cream.

It has a nice creamy consistency and tastes like Vanilla, honey and milk. Together with Almond brittle slivers the ice cream is very reminiscent of bee sting. Let us surprise you.

Ingredients bee sting ice cream

For 4 servings you need the following ingredients for the almond brittle and the ice cream mixture.

Almond brittle

• 50 g flaked almonds
• 25 g butter
• 35 g sugar
• 1 tablespoon honey
• 1 tablespoon cream

Ice mass

• 300 g milk
• 300 g cream
• 120 g condensed milk (without sugar)
• 40 g Dextrose (glucose)*
• 1 scraped vanilla pod* (without seeds, e.g. from Vanilla sugar batch)
  or 1 shot vanilla extract*
• 1 Msp Locust bean gum*
• 1 pinch of salt
• 140 g honey

Preparation bee sting ice cream

Almond brittle

• Heat the last 4 ingredients (butter, sugar, honey, cream) in a saucepan or pan, stirring until everything is dissolved.
• Then add the flaked almonds and simmer for a few minutes.
• Spread the almond sugar mixture on a baking paper and bake in the oven at 180°C for 6 minutes until the almond brittle is caramel colored (see also Tips).
• Once cooled, break into pieces.

Ice mass

• Heat milk, cream, condensed milk, dextrose, vanilla bean, locust bean gum and salt while stirring until just before boiling.
• Hold at this temperature for a few minutes. Stir constantly so that nothing burns.
• Allow the ice cream mixture to cool slightly and stir in the honey until it is completely dissolved. Honey should not be heated above 40°C so that the valuable ingredients are not lost.
• Leave to infuse in the refrigerator for a few hours so that the vanilla flavor becomes more intense. If you do not have so much time, vanilla extract can be used alternatively.

The ice cream machine prepare and pre-cool for a few minutes, depending on the model. Switch on the mixer and pour in the ice cream mixture (duration approx. 30 minutes).
Alternatively the Ice in the freezer freeze and mix well every 30 minutes with a hand mixer (total time about 4 hours).

Just before the ice mass is finished, the Almond brittle while the ice cream maker is running. For the freezer version, mix in the almond brittle after the last mixing step. Leave some almond brittle for decoration.

Tips on bee sting ice cream

• If you have the Almond brittle bake, be aware that the whole mass will be very liquid at first. So let Sufficient distance from the edge from the grid or turn the tray once in between if it is not completely flat. Otherwise, the mass will move further and further to the edge.
• The almond brittle Not too dark otherwise it will quickly taste like burnt sugar. The color should be light brownish.
• If you also have a Bee sting ice cream scoop as in my picture, take cling film and cover it with almond brittle. Then put an ice cream scoop inside and close the foil together with the brittle around the scoop (see gallery below). Place the ice cream ball once more for 1 hour in the freezer.

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