Spice up your next Friday night with a slightly more carnivorous range of booze!
Here I'll talk you through the recipes for three surprisingly tasty alcoholic meat drinks:
Warning
These alcoholic meat drinks contain both alcohol and meat. They are not suitable for children, teetotalers or vegetarians. Don't look so surprised.
Here I'll talk you through the recipes for three surprisingly tasty alcoholic meat drinks:
- Pizza margarita
- Salmon vodka
- Beef & horseradish Guinness
Warning
These alcoholic meat drinks contain both alcohol and meat. They are not suitable for children, teetotalers or vegetarians. Don't look so surprised.
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Inspired by the grilled cheese martini now available at Beecher's Handmade Cheese in New York, I wanted to make a savory cocktail that evoked all the flavors of a good pizza. After much experimentation and a couple of terrible hangovers, I developed a slightly Mexican take on pepperoni pizza and alcohol: the pizza margarita.
The base of this drink is tequila infused with chorizo, yellow bell peppers and strong buffalo cheese. This makes an interesting and very drinkable spirit on its own (known here in the lab as "tequizo"), but can be rounded out to full cocktail with a little frozen tomato juice and, depending how strong you like your drinks, crushed ice or mineral water. It should be garnished with chorizo-stuffed olives and a wedge of cheese.
An ordinary margarita would contain Cointreau or Triple Sec as well as fruit (lime) juice and tequila, but I found that the sweetness and citrus notes detracted from the true pizza experience. For people who prefer a slightly sweeter cocktail, I recommend the Hawaiian pizza margarita, a variant that includes pineapple rum.
Ingredients:
The base of this drink is tequila infused with chorizo, yellow bell peppers and strong buffalo cheese. This makes an interesting and very drinkable spirit on its own (known here in the lab as "tequizo"), but can be rounded out to full cocktail with a little frozen tomato juice and, depending how strong you like your drinks, crushed ice or mineral water. It should be garnished with chorizo-stuffed olives and a wedge of cheese.
An ordinary margarita would contain Cointreau or Triple Sec as well as fruit (lime) juice and tequila, but I found that the sweetness and citrus notes detracted from the true pizza experience. For people who prefer a slightly sweeter cocktail, I recommend the Hawaiian pizza margarita, a variant that includes pineapple rum.
Ingredients:
- 200ml tequila
- 100g chorizo sausage
- 100g of soft, stinky cheese - I recommend Quadrello di Bufala, Taleggio or Muenster
- Half a bell pepper
- Olive oil
- 40ml tomato juice
- 3 olives
- A handful of black peppercorns
- As above, but with an extra 25ml of pineapple rum
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I'm gonna have to try these. At first I thought this was just nasty, but then I thought about how we add diff alcohol to food usually so why not.
Still the Pizza Margarita scares me. But the other two just sounds absolutely delicious now.
I will report back later with my results.
As they start to soften, add garlic, thinly sliced carrot and pepper.
In a separate pan, soften some diced butternut squash. Once mashable, blend it together with the chicken stock. Add 4tbsp of peanut butter to the stock and blend it again. Pour this into the first pan and let simmer for a few minutes.
Serve with crusty bread and garnish with cilantro, chilli and a dash of sour cream.
If you'd like an alcoholic alternative, serve it with a pint of beer.
I have a soft spot for spicy, so the horseradish Guinness would be my weapon of choice.
Thanks!