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Gift ideas? - Inspired infusions?
A simple one I found last year on Chow. Ginger infused vodka. Very quick to do. I accompanied them with two ginger infused vodka drink recipes I also found on CHOW. I believe one was a candied ginger cosmo and the other was a ginger bloody.
Scotch substitute?
Can you substitute jameson whiskey for the scotch in this recipe? It is from this week's dining and wine section of the NY Times.
Scotch Peanut Truffles
Time: 40 minutes, plus 4 hours’ chilling
1 pound 12 ounces semisweet chocolate
2/3 cup heavy cream
1 1/2 teaspoons floral honey, preferably heather
3 tablespoons Scotch
6 tablespoons salted peanuts, coarsely chopped
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract.
1. Break 8 ounces chocolate into small pieces and place in a metal bowl. Heat cream to a simmer and pour over chocolate. Stir until chocolate has melted and is smooth. If necessary, place bowl briefly over low heat to finish melting.
2. Stir in honey, Scotch, peanuts and vanilla. Chill until firm, 2 hours.
3. Scoop small amounts of chocolate mixture, a scant teaspoon, and quickly roll into balls about 1 inch in diameter. Place on a platter or baking sheet lined with parchment. Place in freezer to firm up, about 30 minutes.
4. Break up remaining chocolate and place 16 ounces in a microwave-safe bowl. Microwave on full power 2 to 3 minutes, stirring a few times, until melted. Remove from oven. Stir in remaining chocolate until melted. Skewer truffles on a small fork, dip in melted chocolate to coat and place on a parchment-lined baking sheet at room temperature 15 minutes. Refrigerate until ready to serve.
Yield: About 50 small truffles.
Foodnetwork cookbook good for kosher diets
I am looking for a good suggestion for a foodnetwork cookbook (preferably a celeb chef) that would be easily translatable for someone on a kosher diet. This would be a gift for an individual who enjoys the foodnetwork (Giada deLaurentis, etc) but also has a kosher diet. Could anyone reccommend a specific book that would work well?
bresoala
Where can one buy bresoala in DC? Are there any good online stores that sell it? If so, are there places who can slice it nice and thin?
