If you have a deep love or general obsession with bacon, or if you're one of the vegetarians turned carnivore again because you couldn't refuse the tasty deliciousness of bacon anymore, then this Instructable is for you.
This how-to will give you a simple way to infuse vodka with the savory flavor of freshly cooked bacon. Oh yeah, and you can have this scrumptious flavor in less than an hour! There are other ways to get bacon infused vodka, but this one is quick and gets you the same taste without having to wait a week or two.
What you'll need to for this project to bring your taste buds and Bloody Marys to a whole new level:
- 1 package of bacon of your choice (I recommend thick cut because it equals more bacon grease)
- Skillet
- Cutting board
- Sharp knife
- Stove top or hot plate
- Glass pitcher, NOT PLASTIC, or sizeable equivalent (pitcher will really help when it comes time to pour)
- Freezer
- Some sort of filter - like a mesh strainer or a grease guard that you put on top of bacon while it's cooking. I suppose you could also use a coffee filter too.
- Glass container of sufficient size to hold your final product
This how-to will give you a simple way to infuse vodka with the savory flavor of freshly cooked bacon. Oh yeah, and you can have this scrumptious flavor in less than an hour! There are other ways to get bacon infused vodka, but this one is quick and gets you the same taste without having to wait a week or two.
What you'll need to for this project to bring your taste buds and Bloody Marys to a whole new level:
- 1 package of bacon of your choice (I recommend thick cut because it equals more bacon grease)
- Skillet
- Cutting board
- Sharp knife
- Stove top or hot plate
- Glass pitcher, NOT PLASTIC, or sizeable equivalent (pitcher will really help when it comes time to pour)
- Freezer
- Some sort of filter - like a mesh strainer or a grease guard that you put on top of bacon while it's cooking. I suppose you could also use a coffee filter too.
- Glass container of sufficient size to hold your final product
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Mmmm....bacon..... - Pj
Or you can buy it commercially: www.bakonvodka.com (recipes there for other drinks besides a bloody mary)
http://www.thepourpro.com/2011/01/and-then-theres-bacon/
Kudos to the creator of this Instructable for their efforts and the suggestions to attempt coffee filters to keep the afterproduct clean and presentable. Might I suggest using "liquid bacon smoke" to infuse even less "fatty" of a flavoring process? ("Good Eats" with Alton Brown, Episode EA0901 "Urban Preservation II", scene 13, which refers to wood smoke flavoring for beef jerky, but could be modded to incorporate bacon smoke.)
I watch this thread with great interest!
http://onthecrv.net/?p=204
Of course, I've not tried this bacon thing yet, so I'm going to give it a go and report back.
The other tasters couldn't tell a consistent difference.
Their expert's decision was this: Filtering a cheap vodka might slightly lessen it's bad qualities, but it will not improve the vodka. It's still going to be a cheap vodak, and it STILL won't taste as "good" as a better quality vodka. The expert's advice is to just buy a better quality vodka to begin with.
Makes sense for the cloudiness though.