Let ‘em Eat Green Irish Whiskey Cake!

Irish-Whiskey-Cake

The amateurs will be out cavorting in their green garb this weekend to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day but you can at least calm your frazzled nerves about the impending faux-Irish frenzy with a little slice of cake using some of your Jameson Whiskey stash [or whatever you prefer, really]. There are adult and kid versions… [Continue Reading]

Ilchester Glenphilly

Ilchester Glenphilly

During my holiday in Sweden, I was both surprised and excited when my dear host proudly announced that they had purchased a cheese which should be to my liking for two reasons. The first was that the cheese in question is a Cheddar, a British favorite, and the second that it was not merely any… [Continue Reading]

Whisky Bread

Whisky Bread

I originally received this recipe from an American acquaintance of mine, a long time ago, and it used to annoy me how it used “cups” instead of a more sensible measurement such as grams and millilitres. Thanks to the fantastic invention known as the interweb, though, I’ve since managed to convert it. Past annoyances aside,… [Continue Reading]

Whisky Ice Cream

Whisky Ice Cream

It must have been some 10, perhaps more, years ago that I watched some cooking show or other on TV and this little recipe caught my eye. As with so many another things, though, my memory of it slipped away along with the piece of paper on which I had scribbled down the recipe. I… [Continue Reading]

Grilled bananas (with whisky, of course)

Grilled bananas (with whisky, of course)

After a blinking delicious meal of whisky burgers, whisky marinated steaks and whisky caramelized bacon, you want a bit of dessert. What has this meal been lacking in so far, you ask yourself, and the answer comes to you at once – why, whisky, of course! There simply has not been enough whisky in the… [Continue Reading]

Whisky Caramelized Bacon

Whisky Caramelized Bacon

Okay! So we’ve covered the burger and the marinade, what we need now is something that can act as a side dish or burger topping. One of my favorite things in cooking is to try and think of something new, and one of my most recent, and popular, “inventions” is whisky caramelized bacon. The basic… [Continue Reading]

Whisky Marinade

Whisky Marinade

I personally love a good burger, but some people don’t – and that’s why I’ve developed this delicious barbecue marinade for steaks (it works just fine on pork and chicken as well, though). It makes for absolutely delicious and tender meat, and takes about 15 minutes to make – but you’ll need to leave it… [Continue Reading]

Whisky Burger

Whisky Burger

With spring and summer on the doorstep, I thought I would share a couple of my favorite Whisky BBQ recipes. I’m going to start out by writing a series of 4 articles with one recipe in each, starting with a Whisky burger, then moving on to a delicious whisky marinade (for steaks), followed by my… [Continue Reading]