crisis averted ...kinda.
kuzi16
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im sure most, if not all, of you remember that thread"A Call To Arms" about a month or so ago.
...there was one casualty.
one cigar had a giant crush point in the center. somewhere along the line something bad happened to it. its too bad, too. I had never had that cigar before. Folsom is the name of cigar. Ozzy sent me a few of them. it looks like there was another one in the package with the same wrapper so not a total loss.
under normal conditions i would just throw this cigar out and feel bad about it.
good thing this isnt normal
in cigar press magazine, Vol IV Issue II, on page 62, there is a recipe for Tobacco Ice Cream with a Chocolate Bourbon Swirl.
check back to this thread through the day for updates.
...there was one casualty.
one cigar had a giant crush point in the center. somewhere along the line something bad happened to it. its too bad, too. I had never had that cigar before. Folsom is the name of cigar. Ozzy sent me a few of them. it looks like there was another one in the package with the same wrapper so not a total loss.
under normal conditions i would just throw this cigar out and feel bad about it.
good thing this isnt normal
in cigar press magazine, Vol IV Issue II, on page 62, there is a recipe for Tobacco Ice Cream with a Chocolate Bourbon Swirl.
check back to this thread through the day for updates.
Comments
hope it's good.
here is some of the process...
had to try the bourbon....
now i wait. its chilling in the fridge before it gets to go in the ice cream maker.
gunna finish that Bourbon and have a cigar while i wait.
btw... whatcha smokin while you wait?
the mixture actually tastes good. it is very mild and earthy. i think this is going to be a good thing.
worst case:
hey at least i tried to save that cigar and give it life instead of throwing it out.
8 degrees till i add the cooked mixture to the ice cream maker:
in the mixture goes:
time to make the bourbon chocolate swirl:
Ice cream is done:
Add the swirl:
that is how it looks in my freezer currently. the small taste i had was good. the real test is if my wife likes it.
wish me luck.
the initial taste is interesting. if there is a hefty dose of the chocolate bourbon swirl involved it is sweet and chocolatey with an almost black pepper almond taste to it. it does have a "fall leaves" taste to it.
there is just one major problem.
it sucks.
its a bit too strong. fall leaves are a wonderful thing to smell, but when concentrated and tasted it is a different ball game.
the recipe calls for the tobacco to steep for 20-30 minutes. the longer it steeps, the stronger it will be. I was on the low end of the recipie and had it in for 20 minutes.
i feel that 10 would have been enough. maybe even 5. a good tea is in from 3-6 minutes.
the biggest problem is that there is a harshness at the end. its spicy and throws the entire thing out of balance.
if i were to make this again i would up the sugar a slight bit, add a bit more of the bourbon swirl (i didn't add it all, the recipe made A LOT) and i would steep the tobacco for only 5 minutes.
...if being the operative word. im gunna chalk this experiment up as a fail, but what a glorious fail it is.