White Coffee Ice Cream

Cooking Instructions

1. Melt white chocolate and place in an airtight container with coffee beans. Stir to mix; seal and place in a warm area (e.g., in oven with pilot light or proofing cabinet) overnight or longer.

2. In a saucepan, bring milk to a boil. Whisk egg yolks and sugar until smooth. Gradually whisk hot milk into yolks; transfer mixture back to saucepan. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until mixture thickens slightly and coats the back of the spoon. Plunge bottom of pan in cold water to stop cooking process.

3. Transfer white chocolate and coffee beans to a mixing bowl. Pour about 1/4 of the milk mixture onto the white chocolate and whisk vigorously. Whisk in remaining milk; pass the mixture through a very fine mesh strainer. Process in ice cream machine.

1. Spread a ladleful of the tempered chocolate in a 1/8" (.32 cm) layer on a marble slab or other hard, cool surface.

2. When set but not hard, take a 4" (10 cm) round cutter and draw it through the chocolate at a low angle to create cupped curls. (This may take practice; if the chocolate piles up inside cutter, it is too soft. If the curls crumble, it is too hard.) Repeat to form 18 cups.

1. Line a sheet pan with a silicon baking mat. Preheat oven to 200F (95C).

2. In a mixer with whip attachment, beat egg whites at high speed to soft peaks. Gradually beat in granulated sugar 1 Tbs (12 g) at a time until stiff peaks form. Fold in confectioners' sugar in thirds.

3. Fill a pastry bag fitted with a medium plain tip with meringue. Pipe lines of meringue of various lengths (some long and some short) onto sheet. Bake 45 minutes or until dry.

ASSEMBLY

1. Place 3 white chocolate shells on a dessert plate. Fill each shell with a scoop of the white coffee ice cream.

2. Garnish plate with meringue straws.

Wine Pairing(s)

BV Century Cellars Merlot

Castillejo de Robledo 'Silentium' Red

MacMurray Pinot Noir 'Sonoma'

Alexander Valley Pinot Noir

Rafael Bravo Reserva Pinot Noir

Canneto 'Riserva' Vino Nobile di Montepulciano

Belle Glos 'Meomi' Pinot Noir

Ochoa Garnacha

San Guido Guidalberto

Ruffino Orvieto Classico