Barclays Gridlock
Preparation info
Appears in
Ample Hills Creamery
By Brian Smith and Jackie Cuscuna
Published 2014
In November 2012, the Barclays Center opened just a few blocks from Ample Hills. We greeted the new arena with excitement, reservations, and an all-out fear of traffic Armageddon. All anyone could talk about leading up to the opening of the center was the impending Jay-Z gridlock. We decided to embrace our conflicting moods with this jam-packed flavor—peanuts, brownies, chocolate chips, and chocolate-covered pretzels in coffee ice cream. Though it was a joke, the combination of flavors proved popular. So we kept making it, even though, to our surprise and joy, Barclays “Car-mageddon” never materialized.
Ingredients
1 1 ½ cup 75 g ¼ cup 45 g 1 cup 75 g
Method
- Prepare the brownies according to the recipe directions. Let cool, then chop them into bite-size pieces. Freeze until ready to use.
- Prepare the coffee ice cream according to the recipe directions. Transfer the cooled base to an ice cream maker and churn it according to the manufacturer’s instructions.
- In a small bowl, toss together the peanuts, chocolate chips, pretzels, and brownie pieces and toss to combine.
- Transfer the ice cream to a storage container, folding in the peanut mixture as you do. Use as much of the peanut mixture as you want; you won’t necessarily need the whole batch. Serve immediately or harden in your freezer for 8 to 12 hours for a more scoopable ice cream.
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