{"id":156,"date":"2020-03-24T09:22:52","date_gmt":"2020-03-24T09:22:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/themesvillage.com\/preview\/spices-wordpress-food-blog-themes\/?p=156"},"modified":"2020-03-24T09:26:12","modified_gmt":"2020-03-24T09:26:12","slug":"chocolate-maple-pecan-cocktail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themesvillage.com\/preview\/spices-wordpress-food-blog-themes\/chocolate-maple-pecan-cocktail\/","title":{"rendered":"Chocolate Maple Pecan Cocktail"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Say one thing about me, say I love chocolate. I\u2019ll happily take it in\n chip form, bars, hunks, milks, cookies, you get the idea. When I can \nget it in cocktail form, then I am quite the happy camper. There\u2019s even a\n rumor \u2014 nay, a legend \u2014 that every time I go to Vegas (something I try \nto do at least twice a year), I like to start every day with a Chocolate Martini<\/a>.\n What about the end of the night? What about when it\u2019s time to settle \ndown with something in the bourbon family? We have the Chocolate Maple \nPecan Cocktail for that!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chocolate? Check.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maple? Check.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pecan? Check.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bourbon? You can double check that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What I\u2019m saying here is that this is the best chocolate pecan pie \nyou\u2019ve ever had, but in drink form! Oh, and less cloyingly sweet. (Not \nthat there\u2019s anything wrong with a pecan pie, but that\u2019s why you add the\n bittersweet chocolate in there to cut that extra super, duper \nsweetness.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ll break down how my thinking went.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMan, the holidays came and went again, and I didn\u2019t get a single \nslice of pecan pie. I don\u2019t want to bake an entire pie just for me \nbecause then I\u2019ll eat an entire pie. Let\u2019s see if we can\u2019t make a drink \nout of that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And ta da!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With this recipe, I used pecan-infused bourbon. There are two ways to\n going about this, you can take pecans and bourbon, stick them in a jar,\n stick said jar in a cool dark spot, and in two weeks you\u2019ll have \npecan-infused bourbon. It\u2019s not a difficult proposition, it\u2019ll just take\n you fourteen long days of waiting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Or, you can do what I did: infuse it with a cream whipper for a rapid infusion. This works great if you have a cream whipper (the kind you stick nitrous on; it\u2019s not just for going faster). In that case, you take your pecans, you take your bourbon, pop them in your cream whipper, close it, add the nitrous, swirl for 30 seconds, let sit for two minutes, de-gas it, then pour and strain out your final liquid. Total time about four minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It\u2019s up to you, both methods work great, but it\u2019s a difference of \nfourteen days vs. four minutes. If you don\u2019t already have a cream \nwhipper, this is the perfect excuse to get one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now, with our pecan bourbon, we add some maple syrup (the darker, richer, tastier, the better), some dark cr\u00e8me de cacao<\/a>, and a little chocolate bitters. Yes, a damn fine after dinner drink if ever there was one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nChocolate Maple Pecan Cocktail Recipe type: Drinks Prep time:  10 mins Cook time:  2 mins Total time:  12 mins Serves: 1   Ingredients <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Instructions <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Make your pecan-infused bourbon.<\/li>
  2. Seriously, just read the article, it’s not hard.<\/li>
  3. Next, add that, the syrup, dark cr\u00e8me de cacao, and bitters to a cocktail shaker with ice.<\/li>
  4. Shake.<\/li>
  5. Finish and rest atop your counter.<\/li>
  6. Or wherever you rest your shaken cocktails.<\/li>
  7. Grab your old-fashioned glass.<\/li>
  8. Put in one big piece of ice.<\/li>
  9. Or several small ones.<\/li>
  10. It’s up to you really.<\/li>
  11. Pour and strain your dessert cocktail over it.<\/li>
  12. Now, enjoy your pie.<\/li>
  13. In drink form. <\/li><\/ol>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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