Introduction: Bacon Whiskey
I discovered a new technique last week called Nitrogen Cavitation or Nitrogen Infusions, which allow liquids to absorb the flavor, and only the flavor, of something aromatic with a nitrogen charge. (Think basil, mint, coffee beans, etc…)
My thoughts instantly took me to what sorts of ingredients I would want only the flavor from and nothing more… obviously things with a high caloric count like chocolate, or… things that just aren’t good for you but taste heavenly… BACON! And what sort of liquid would I want tasting like bacon? Certainly not water, that wouldn’t be refreshing. Most definitely… WHISKEY!
Ingredients:
4 strips bacon, cooked completely
1 cup whiskey
1 N2O (Nitrous Oxide) charger
Directions:
Place 4 strips of bacon in the ISI Whip canister and pour in 1 cup of whiskey. Screw on the N2O charger, and the whiskey will absorb the bacon flavors without giving you those extra unwanted calories. Let the whiskey sit for about 15 minutes for the flavors to fully develop, then place in freezer for 5 minutes. Strain through a cheese cloth or fine mesh strainer to remove any bits of bacon remnants and enjoy!
Feeling extra frisky? Pour the Bacon Whiskey back in the ISI Whip, give it a CO2 charge, and presto… Carbonated Bacon Whiskey!
With the first of my Nitrogen Infusion experiments a success, I can’t stop thinking about how else I want to use this brilliant technique. Caramel Champagne anyone? Cinnamon Chardonnay?
CONCLUSION: The flavors are strongest after 20 minutes, and it’s definitely worth the wait!
More info at: http://breakingtheculinarymold.wordpress.com/2011/07/01/bacon-whiskey/
95 Comments
11 years ago on Introduction
This is amazing.. definitely giving it a shot, but i had was wondering...
Would the extra juices from cooking the bacon slightly less than usual provide more material and lead to a stronger flavor, or just taint the liquid with grease?
And are there certain liquids which the chemical composition would make more/ less receptive to this process than others?
11 years ago on Introduction
very good technique. you should look up how to infuse alcohol flavor into fats and oils..you can purify vodka that way.or have awesome butter.
11 years ago on Introduction
What exactly is a Nitrogen charger, what is it used for in general, and where do you get one?
Reply 11 years ago on Introduction
It's actually a Nitrous Oxide charger...
It holds a little NO2 charge that looks like a CO2 charge for BB/pellet rifles.
You put your cream, or what-have-you, in the charger and it works like a
can of "ReddiWhip'' whipcream.
Can be found in all kitchen/cooking supply stores, most major dept stores in the kitchen gadget sections.
Reply 11 years ago on Introduction
abraham lincoln asked nothing but questions when her was young..annoyed some people, but look where it got him. go in with an empty mind and learn or deal with your misconceptions and critique everything you see, without any gain of course..because everyone is wrong but you
Reply 11 years ago on Introduction
Um, by Googling "nitrogen charger?"
One of the purposes of web services like this is to set one on the path to knowledge, to stir the desire to investigate, discover and create.
It is helpful to know how to use basic tools and among the most basic and useful tools on the Interwebs is the Search function.
Use it early, often ... and a bit sceptically; What? Oh, just Google sceptically.
Reply 11 years ago on Introduction
you are being a smartass for nothing. google search results all referred to industrial equipments :|
Reply 11 years ago on Introduction
I knew nothing about this process before I began an intelligent search of Google using only the few terms used by this illuminating Instructable alcoholic (hehehe). After an hour or so, I learned everything I needed to know (and some things I didn't, such as 'cell infusion') about this simple technique.
Google is run by God, and I am a disciple.
Reply 11 years ago on Introduction
good for you. i did not have an hour at my disposal to search for this. my time is actually precious. so if i couldn't find the answer in a few minutes, i asked. there is no shame in asking. people ask things all the time. even much more dumb things than this. and still, there are people out there willing to share, without making a deal out of it. not everyone is a bitter antisocial grinch-like creature.
now i'll leave you to your god who runs google. wut..
Reply 11 years ago on Introduction
"Give a man some fish and you'll feed him for a day, but show him HOW TO FISH, and he'll never be hungry again". In other words, if you give a man an answer to his question, you help him for the moment; if you reveal to him how he can find his own answers, you solve for him every question he will ever have.
The Internet is a rich sea of knowledge, and Google is like one of those fish finders - once you learn how to use it, you'll never have to rely on any single source for an answer. You were getting uselessly upset because you should have found your own answer.
I'm hopelessly hooked on finding my own answers because I was raised in foster homes, and never got an education, so I had to teach myself everything - and I still do. Sorry to insult your petulance.
Reply 11 years ago on Introduction
i DO KNOW how to google search. i do know hot to find information on the internet. i've been doing it since before google was invented.
(metaphorically speaking, i already know how to fish. off topic: i also know how to fish for real :D )
i also had to teach everything myself and i still do.
but for this one, i simply didn't have the time. it wasn't even that important for me to want to make the time, so i simply asked, thinking "mneh.. someone will answer and tell me.. if not, so be it :| i don't care" it was a simple unimportant curiosity.
it wasn't the case here, but sometimes i also ask stuff because i am simply to lazy to search for the answer myself. not because i don't know how. yes, you could say it's a luxury. or that i may be spoiled. so what?
...but a lesson in google searching was the last thing i needed :|
Reply 11 years ago on Introduction
I don't mean to be rude, but out of curiosity i typed 'nitrogen charger' into google just now. I had a viable answer as to what one was right at the top in .21 seconds. it takes longer than .21 seconds to type 'What is a nitrogen charger'? and wait for a stranger to answer. BTW, that first answer implies that a nitrogen charger is the same as a whipped cream charger.
In other words, one would have to be extremely full of time to ask this question and wait for an answer. A person whose time was precious would have googled it.
It's fine if you don't google it. But please, don't then say that your time is precious when it would have saved you time to google. And especially don't spend even more precious time arguing how precious your time is when it's obvious that you wanted someone else to do your thinking for you, and you didn't mind waiting for an answer.
Reply 11 years ago on Introduction
just to satisfy your curiosity, i didn't have the time THEN. in that specific moment. now i do. now i would have all the time to search if i still needed info. and now i also have the time to argue as much as you guys want, even though it wouldn't have much sense still.
Reply 11 years ago on Introduction
Um, Bye.
Reply 11 years ago on Introduction
There's also Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whipped-cream_charger
Reply 11 years ago on Introduction
can't you read?
i clearly asked about "Nitrogen charger", because that's what the instructable asked for.
your wiki article is about "Whipped cream charger", not "nitrogen charger".
how was i supposed to know that "Whipped cream charger" was in fact, what i should be searching for instead?
i don't need the kind of responses you are giving, and especially not the way you are giving them. go and troll somewhere else.
user "illuminatis" was very kind and explained it all to me in a few words in a private message. thanks.
Reply 11 years ago on Introduction
I have the iSi whip... but any whip will work. You can buy them at Amazon or http://www.isinorthamerica.com/foodservice/products/gourmet-whip-plus.
Couple direct links: Whip-it $37 (http://www.webstaurantstore.com/whip-it-1-liter-professional-cream-whipper/407WHC32.html?utm_source=Amazon&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=Amazon+Campaign)
iSi whip- $77 http://www.amazon.com/iSi-Creative-Polished-Stainless-Dessert/dp/B002H3NFNM/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1311614023&sr=8-2
And then you can choose whether you want to buy the CO2 chargers (to carbonate) or the Nitrogen Chargers. Interchangeable with the whips!
Reply 11 years ago on Introduction
thank you for the direct links :)
11 years ago on Introduction
Bacon....Whiskey.....Oh, my...
11 years ago on Introduction
A VERY interesting 'ible! However, in the case of Bacon flavour, there's a quicker, cheaper way that needs no equipment - BaconSalt! That's a spice blend that, as the makers say, "makes everything taste like Bacon"!
It sells in large stores in USA or you can get it by mail order from www.baconsalt.com
If you're in Europe you'll find the posting cost is high and it takes a couple of weeks to deliver - BUT - A UK company called Crazy4Flavour sells mail order to Western Europe www.Crazy4Flavour.co.uk
I keep a shaker-jar in my coat pocket so I can add instant bacon flavour wherever I'm eating-out . . . . . It even makes airline meals taste good :)