Serves 6-8 Ingredients 1 ¼ cup heavy cream ½ cup fancy cocoa 4 egg whites 3 tbsp white sugar 1 ½ cups Callebaut milk chocolate chips 2 tbsp brewed espresso 1 tbsp salted butter 2 egg yolks 1 tsp high quality vanilla Method Using an electric mixer, whip the heavy cream until smooth but try […]
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Gingerbread Doughnuts with Egg Nog Glaze
Ingredients 10 cups all-purpose flour 2 cups white sugar 4 tbsp ground cinnamon 2 tbsp ground nutmeg 4 tbsp ground ginger 1 tsp ground cloves 4 tbsp baking powder 4 eggs 4 cups whole milk 1 tbsp vanilla vegetable oil (or your choice) to fill deep-fryer 1 lb doughnut fondant (can be purchased from specialty […]
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Double Purpose Christmas Spice
Ingredients 1 tbsp sage 1 tbsp summer savory 1 tsp thyme powder 1 small pinch of nutmeg (freshly ground) 1 tsp Worcestershire powder 1 tsp sea salt ¼ tsp black pepper Method This will yield a 20-pound turkey for internal and external surface. Only use three-quarters of the yield on the spice blend—save the remaining […]
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Cashew, Smoked Porter and Pear Butter
Ingredients ripe Valley pears, peeled and diced ½ cup cashews, crushed 4 tbsp unsalted butter (split into two portions) 1 cup Uncle Leo’s Smoked Porter 3 tbsp creamy goat cheese 2 rosemary sprig 1 bay leaf makes about one cup Method Heat a small saucepot to medium heat and melt half the butter, add the pears […]
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The Cornucopia
Ingredients 2 oz Mellow Corn 100 proof Kentucky whiskey ½ oz cinnamon syrup ¼ oz Fernet Branca 4 dashes Angostura bitters orange zest Method Chill a mixing glass. Take a y-peeler and peel off a nice orange zest. Squeeze or muddle the zest in the mixing glass with cinnamon syrup. Add the Fernet Branca, Mellow […]