Beer and ice cream are two of my favorite things, so when I found out that you could actually combine the two, I literally trembled with excitement.

Making your own ice cream at home sounds incredibly daunting, but I promise you it’s not. If you’re keen on making your own ice cream at home, all you’ll need is a handful of ingredients, a bottle of Titanic Stout, and an ice cream processor. (Don’t have an ice cream processor? You can get one at Lakeland for £50!)

The lovely Cellar Man over at LivingBeer’s AleChair blog was incredibly gracious and shared his special ice cream recipe with me, and it is beyond delicious.

What You’ll Need

175g granulated sugar
1½ tsp cocoa powder
4 egg yolks
1 bottle of Titanic Stout

What To Do

To make the ice cream, halve the vanilla pod lengthways and scrape out the seeds. Then, add the vanilla to a pan with the double cream, stout and sugar and bring up to the boil.

In a large bowl, mix together the cocoa powder and the egg yolks, blending thoroughly.

Add a small amount of the stout cream to the cocoa powder and egg yolks, whisking quickly to temper the eggs.

Add the egg mixture to the pan and cook until thick, whisking constantly. Cool the mixture, and then process in an ice cream maker.

The Cellar Man’s original recipe calls for Mud City Stout, but I prefer to use Titanic Stout. However, you can pretty much use any stout of your choice! If you do end up making this delicious treat, let us know what you thought and which beer you used!

Cate Sevilla is the founding editor of BitchBuzz.com. You can follow her as @cupcate on Twitter.