Thanksgiving Toast – Orange Anejo Sour

The Blind Pig Family has had quite a week!  We are headed out to soccer trip, to be followed by a hockey trip, and some other exciting adventures!  We can’t wait to share the details with you next week. In the meantime, we wanted to let you know how grateful we are to all of our loyal readers and followers.  Our Thanksgiving will be different this year as Blind Piglet #1 is staying in NYC and will be watching the Macy’s Day Parade from inside her office building. (It makes us tear up just to put that in writing.)

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This week we are sharing a lovely cocktail for the perfect Thanksgiving toast — Orange Anejo Sour.  The flavors in this drink are complex and interesting, but don’t worry, mixing it up for family and friends will be a snap!

Before we share the ingredient list with you, we want you to bear with us and give this cocktail a chance.  Most of our cocktails we share have only 3-4 ingredients.  This one has a few more than that, and it you do not frequent the cocktail bar scene, may seem a little unusual to you.  To make the Orange Anejo Sour you will need sliced oranges, sugar, mint leaves, anejo tequila, fresh lime juice, orange liqueur,  Carpano Antica Sweet vermouth, egg whites and blood orange San Pellegrino soda.

A few notes about these ingredients:  first of all, yes, this drink has raw egg whites.  If you cannot be exposed to raw eggs for health reasons, obviously this is not the cocktail for you.  The same goes for any guests you may be serving.  You want to use anejo tequila for this cocktail. Anejo tequila has been aged for 1-3 years in oak barrels.  The flavors in anejo tequila are much richer with vanilla and floral undertones.  Anejo has enough flavor that it is typically served neat for sipping. You will not have the same experience with this cocktail if you use blanco or reposado tequila.  Carpano Antica sweet vermouth is a wine based product that we have shared with you in other posts, such as, Orange You Glad It’s Carpano? San Pellegrino is the only blood orange soda we could find at our local Kroger.  There may be others, but our Kroger didn’t have them.

To begin, we are going to slightly broil orange slices.  Place the thinly sliced orange slices on a cookie sheet with sugar sprinkled over the top.  Broil for only a few minutes watching closely until the oranges are slightly browned and the sugar has glazed over the top of the orange.

Next place mint leaves in your shaker and muddle.  Add tequila, lime juice, orange liqueur, sweet vermouth, and an egg white from one egg.  Shake vigorously until the sound from the shaker changes from a sloshly sound to a thicker sound.  Open the shaker and add ice. Shake for about 15 more seconds.  Pour into a coup or martini glass.  There will be a froth on top.  Gently lay the broiled orange slice on the top of the froth.  Serve and amaze all with your bartending talents!

Orange Anejo Sour

  • 1 orange slice
  • 1/4 tsp sugar
  • 5 mint leaves
  • 1.5 ounces of anejo tequila
  • 1 ounce fresh lime juice
  • 1 ounce of orange liqueur
  • 1 ounce of Carpano Antica Sweet Vermouth
  • 1 egg white
  • Blood orange soda
  1.  Place orange slice on a cookie sheet. Sprinkle with sugar and broil for about 5 minutes.  Remove and cool.
  2. Place mint leaves in a shaker and muddle.  Add tequila, lime juice, orange liqueur, Carpano Antica, and egg white.
  3. Shake until frothy.  Add 1 cup of ice and shake for 15 more seconds.
  4. Pour into a coup glass.  Top off with blood orange soda.
  5. Garnish with broiled orange slice.

The Orange Anejo Sour is a great cocktail for the holidays with its rich flavors and impressive appearance.  Make it next week for your Thanksgiving guests and let us know what they think!

Have a wonderful Thanksgiving with your family and friends.

 

Disclaimer:  Beverages on this site are meant for adults 21 years of age and older.  We do not condone underage drinking.  Drink responsibly.

Spiked Pecan Bars

 

Yummy, yummy get in my tummy!  This week we have a delicious, easy, nutty treat to share with you — Spiked Pecan Bars.  This dessert was piglet approved, and if you frequent our blog, you know that is a high mark for us!!! Spiked Pecan Bars will need to be on your dessert table over the Thanksgiving holiday.  Do you have sweet nibblers in your family?  You know, the people who say that they aren’t going to have dessert or they want to have a small taste of several desserts?  Spiked Pecan Bars would be a perfect dessert for your family.

To make Spiked Pecan Bars you will need to create a crust with flour, butter, powdered sugar and salt.  Prep the crust in a food processor and form into the bottom of a 9 x 13 baking dish. Placing parchment paper in the bottom of the pan prior to adding the crust dough, helps with getting the bars out of the pan after baking.  The crust needs to bake for about 20 minutes.

While the crust is baking you can prep the filling. For the filling you need eggs, corn syrup, brown sugar, honey, flour, butter, cinnamon, salt, ginger and coarsely chopped pecans and of course, a little of your favorite whiskey.  This recipe is so easy.  You simply dump all of these ingredients together, mix them up, pour the mixture over the crust, and bake.

After baking cool the pan for about an hour before cutting into two inch square bites.  This treat would be  especially great with a dollop of whipped cream on the top!

If you are viewing this post via email,  visit us at www.theblindpig.blog for a printable recipe of Spiked Pecan Bars.

Do you have your Thanksgiving menu planned yet?  You might want to add these easy to make and take Spiked Pecan Bars to the list.

Have a great week!

 

Fall treats and drinks you may have missed…

Orange You Glad It’s Carpano?

Borghetti Brownie Caramel Bites

Spiced Fall

The Texas Pecan

Whiskey Spiced Pecans

 

Orange You Glad It’s Carpano?

We are a little late posting this week.  As usual we had a busy weekend and then Rhonda was a little under the weather, don’t worry though, Rhonda’s feeling better and ready to post about this week’s delicious, easy and light Fall cocktail — Orange You Glad It’s Carpano? (We got a little help from Blind Piglet #2 with the name ;))

Rhonda made this refreshing cocktail for a soup luncheon with her friends a couple of weeks ago.  The Orange You Glad It’s Carpano pairs nicely with Italian food.  Since Carpano Antica Vermouth is an aromatized wine product, it is a refreshing and light alternative to a red wine.  It is perfect cocktail for a luncheon, because it doesn’t make you feel full or drowsy.

To make the Orange You Glad It’s Carpano, you only need three basic ingredients: Carpano Antica Vermouth, orange sparkling water, (we used Orange La Croix) and a fresh orange for garnish.  The ombre effect of the caramel colored Carpano with the La Croix and the slice of orange garnish makes for a cocktail that looks like Fall.

If you are viewing this post via email, visit us at www.theblindpig.blog for a complete printable recipe for the Orange You Glad It’s Carpano!

Serve this cocktail up this weekend or as a pre-Thanksgiving cocktail. Your guests will be asking for more. Orange you glad?

 

 

Disclaimer:  The beverages on this site are meant for adults 21 years of age and older.  We do not condone underage drinking.  Please drink responsibly.

Borghetti Brownie Caramel Bites

Hey friends!  Did you remember to change your clock this weekend?  We are always amazed to find how refreshed we feel after that extra hour of sleep.  Too bad every weekend didn’t allow us an extra hour.

This week we are sharing our sweet Borghetti Brownie Caramel Bites with you.  We have shared Cafe’ Borghetti with you in other recipes, such as Easy Espresso Cake, Espresso Ice Cream Treats, Espresso Fudge, Borghetti Mochaccino, and Borghetti Coke Float.  You know that it is super easy to add to any dessert recipe and it compliments chocolate nicely.  This week we added a little espresso flavor to our brownie bite recipe to bring out the rich taste of the chocolate and give the bite a flavor boost!

Like many of our recipes, this recipe is super easy.  You need your favorite brownie mix or recipe.  We used a Betty Crocker brownie mix.  You also need a bag of about 35 Rolo candies, Cafe’ Borghetti Espresso Liqueur, chocolate almond bark and some sea salt.

Mix the brownies as directed with an additional  ounce of Cafe’ Borghetti Espresso Liqueur.  Bake as directed, but pull the brownies out of the oven when slightly gooey in the middle.  Allow brownies to cool.  Cut the brownies into 2 inch squares.  Leave the crust around the edge of the pan.  You don’t need that part.

Remember our trick for working with dough in your hands?  We shared this trick with you in past posts, like Golden Mint Crinkles.  Take a square brownie in your hand sprayed with cooking spray and gently flatten the brownie.  Place an unwrapped Rolo in the middle of the brownie and form the brownie around the Rolo.  Place on a cookie sheet and refrigerate for one hour.

Melt chocolate almond bark in the microwave using short 30 second spurts stirring in between until the almond bark is smooth and creamy. Dip brownie bites in chocolate until well coated.  Drain excess chocolate and place on parchment paper.  Sprinkle lightly with sea salt prior to chocolate cooling and hardening.  Let brownie bites cool for about 30 minutes and then serve.

If you are viewing this post via email, visit us at www.theblindpig.blog for a printable version of the complete recipe for Borghetti Brownie Caramel Bites.

This treat brings you the best of several flavor combinations.  You get the rich taste of chocolate and espresso with a yummy surprise of caramel in the middle.  The sea salt does its part to enhance all of the flavors with a little salty-sweet combo.  Yummo!  Make this treat for a football tail gate, a special treat after Thanksgiving dinner or just because you are craving something salty and sweet.