How Big Gay Ice Cream Makes the Salty Pimp

By Food & Wine
Updated June 16, 2016
Credit: Photo © Donny Tsang
F&W's Gail Simmons, a Top Chef star, says she's "very intimate" with this cone at Manhattan's Big Gay Ice Cream; she's even gone behind the counter to learn how to make it. Here's what she saw.
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First they put dulce de leche and a little salt in a wafer cone and fill it with vanilla soft serve—such a nostalgic flavor for all of us.

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Then they use squeeze bottles to add stripes and injections of dulce de leche.

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Using a fancy electric grinder that lights up, they sprinkle on a little more salt. The salty-sweet balance is so awesome.

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Then they dip it in chocolate, and there you have it: a Salty Pimp.

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BGIC will open an L.A. outpost this spring; biggayicecream.com.

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