Ice Cream Truffles with Borghetti Chocolate Sauce

August 21, 2022 / theblindpig11 / Leave a comment

We can’t make it through many summer posts without posting an ice cream recipe. Ice cream is the perfect cool, no-bake dessert. It is adaptable, and it tastes absolutely delicious. This week we have a twist on a recipe that we found in the 2022 July/August issue of Better Homes and Gardens. We paired this recipe with some creamy Borghetti Chocolate Sauce. What a treat!

This recipe looks and sounds complicated, but we were surprised how easy it was to actually make. Once formed and frozen, these little spheres of ice cream disappeared quite quickly at The Blind Pig household.

To make the Ice Cream Truffles, you will need melted butter, sugar, panko bread crumbs, non-sweetened cocoa and premium ice cream. (We used Blue Bell Cookies and Cream.) For the Chocolate Sauce you need non-sweetened cocoa, sugar, half and half, Caffe’ Borghetti Espresso Liqueur and butter.

First make the truffles crunchy coating. Stir together melted butter, sugar and cocoa. Toast panko in a small skillet over medium heat stirring until the crumbs turned a golden brown. Add the crumbs to the butter mixture and combine completely.

Using a small scoop or a melon baller scoop a 1-inch ball of premium ice cream. A tip from the original recipe is to use premium ice cream, because it is more dense and will not melt as quickly as softer ice creams. Form the ice cream ball with your hands and then drop in the crumb mixture. If the truffles are a little misshapen, there is no need to worry. You will have an opportunity to reshape later. You will need to work somewhat quickly in order to keep the ice cream from melting.

Place the truffles on a plate and place in the freezer for 1 hour. Keep the leftover panko crumbs. You will be using these.

After an hour, remove the truffles from the freezer. Shape the misshapen truffles and roll one more time in the panko mixture. Place the truffles back in the freezer for a minimum of an hour or until ready to serve.

While the truffles are in the freezer make the Borghetti Chocolate Sauce. (Scroll down for complete recipe.)

When ready to serve, remove truffles from the freezer and serve with slightly warm chocolate sauce for dipping. You will need to eat this recipe fast- not because the ice cream will melt, but because the truffles will disappear quickly.

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Try out the recipe this weekend. You will be glad you did.

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Spanish Coffee

January 23, 2022 / theblindpig11 / Leave a comment

Have you been enjoying your infused water? We have. As we told you, we started with blueberry. orange and rosemary flavored water. Then we moved on to lemon strawberry water for a few days, and now we have some refreshing cucumber water infusing. It has encouraged us to drink more water, and it is certainly tasty!

This week we are sharing a recipe fit for a cold winter day or evening – Spanish Coffee. Spanish coffee combines the flavors of rum, coffee and espresso to create a delicious cocktail fit for a brunch, after dinner drink or an evening cocktail.

Many countries enjoy a little something extra added to their coffee. Ireland enjoys a splash of Irish cream in their coffee. (We shared our version of Irish Coffee with you in February of 2018 with our Gold Medal Coffee recipe.) Italy has Caffe’ Corretto which adds grappa or sambuca. In Spain they like to add a little rum to the mix!

To make Spanish Coffee you will need rum, triple sec, Caffe’ Borghetti espresso liqueur and freshly brewed coffee. We also used whipped cream and grated nutmeg for garnish.

If you are viewing this post via email, visit us at http://www.theblindpig.blog for a complete recipe for Spanish Coffee.

The delicious combination of the rum with the espresso was a surprise to use. We will definitely be enjoying Spanish Coffee more often. Perhaps tonight when our beloved Chiefs take on the Bills.

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

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Christmas is Coming…

December 5, 2021 / theblindpig11 / Leave a comment

Our tree is lit. Our stockings are hung. We have been scurrying to check off our holiday shopping list. Christmas season is upon us. Although it is one of our favorite times of the year it is always the busiest time of the year. We have some wonderful holiday cocktails and treats to share with you over the next few weeks that don’t require lots of complicated ingredients and won’t consume large amounts of time — every hosts dream!

The Cinnaspresso is a delightful cordial that you can serve at your holiday gatherings. A perfect mixture of cinnamon and espresso flavors is a great way to start or end an evening. It is low in alcohol by volume (ABV), which makes for a great cocktail for most of your holiday revelers.

This cocktail requires only two simple ingredients stirred together, making it as easy on the prep as it is to enjoy. To make this great cocktail, you need equal parts of Caffe’ Borghetti Espresso Liqueur and Rumchata. We topped ours off with a large ice cube to keep it chilled and some other holiday garnish for a festive vibe. Keep these ingredients on hand and you won’t be caught off guard when you have last minute guests drop by.

Searching for a gift idea for that one person on your list who is hard to buy for? Try giving him bottles of Caffe’ Borghetti and Rumchatta with a recipe card. Throw in some unique rocks glasses or a large ice cube mold. What an easy and original idea for the holiday season!

If you are viewing this post via email, visit us at http://www.theblindpig.blog for a complete recipe of the Cinnaspresso.

What great plans and celebrations do you have on your list for this holiday season?

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

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Top Off Your Thanksgiving Feast with a Pumpkin Espresso Martini

November 23, 2021 / theblindpig11 / Leave a comment

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! We know we are a few days early, but we wanted our favorite readers to know how thankful we are that you stop by our little corner of the vast internet. We appreciate your comments, your shares with friends and your encouragement. We have much to be grateful for this year – our health, our three piglets, our friendships and our families.

One of our favorite things we like about The Blind Pig Blog is creating new drinks and recipes. We went back to the vault for this one. (Yes that is a reference to T. Swift.) We loved our Spiced Pumpkin Martini that we first shared with you years ago, but we decided to update the recipe a bit by adding a little Caffe’ Borghetti Espresso Liqueur. We think it is even better than the original.

The new cocktail has a hint of pumpkin entertwined with the flavor of real espresso – a delicious combination. Pumpkin pie spice sprinkled across the top accents the cocktail with a touch of autumn, and the chocolate syrup drizzled inside the glass makes the cocktail complete.

The Pumpkin Espresso Martini is a great drink to serve to guests after your Thanksgiving Feast or save it for guests who drop by while they are in town over the holidays.

If you are viewing this post via email, join us at www.theblindpig.blog for a complete recipe for the Pumpkin Espresso Martini.

Enjoy your Thanksgiving!

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

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For the Love of Peanut Butter

October 3, 2021October 3, 2021 / theblindpig11 / Leave a comment

Who loves peanut butter? Peanut butter is one of our favorite flavors. From peanut butter and jelly sandwiches to a yummy Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup, we can’t get enough. The Blind Pig Blog has incorporated some delicious peanut butter recipes in the past, such as:

24 kt. Cheesecake

Caffe’ Borghetti Peanut Butter Ice Cream Pie

Fondue: Three Ways

Boozy Peanut Butter Blossoms

Butterfinger Bourbon Pie.

This is the first time that we are incorporating our favorite flavor into a yummy cocktail for all of you peanut butter lovers out there: Peanut Butter Caffe’! This yummy cocktail is perfect for an after dinner drink or served as a dessert. It is made from two basic ingredients – Caffe’ Borghetti Espresso Liqueur and Screwball Peanut Butter Whiskey. Shake these two ingredients vigorously over ice and serve.

If you are viewing this post via email, visit us at www.theblindpig.blog for a complete recipe for Peanut Butter Caffe’.

We have ours pictured with our delicious Boozy Peanut Butter Blossoms. The distinct flavor of peanut butter pairs with a hint of espresso to make a wonderful flavor combination. This cocktail is delicious on its own or served with a peanut butter sweet treat. Try it out and let us know what you think!

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

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Borghetti Mudslide

August 8, 2021 / theblindpig11 / Leave a comment

We were first introduced to mudslides on our honeymoon in Ocho Rios, Jamaica at the Sandals Resort. Since the resort was all inclusive, Craig sucked down mudslides for what seemed like all day long. Our palettes have changed a bit since those days of soaking up the Caribbean sun on the beach. We don’t have many mudslides these days. However, we wanted to remind you of this tasteful treat. It is an easy delight for guests or a delicious dessert to end a cookout. The beauty is that you do not need to bake or prep all day long to make this special concoction.

We made our mudslide with our favorite espresso liqueur, Caffe’ Borghetti. Other ingredients are premium vodka, Irish cream, vanilla ice cream, heavy cream and ice. We used whipped cream, Hershey’s chocolate syrup and chocolate sprinkles for garnish.

Place all of the ingredients, except garnishes into a blender. Blend well. Pour into prepared cocktail glass. We used a large schooner glass. However, this would also work great in a martini glass or a tall glass beer mug.

Prior to adding the liquid to the serving glass, we drizzled chocolate syrup around the inside rim of the glass to give the drink the sliding mud effect. You can learn more about garnishing your mudslide in our previous post, “Who Needs Half Price Shakes After 8?”

If you are viewing this post via email, visit us at www.theblindpig.blog for a complete recipe for the Borghetti Mudslide.

Go ahead and give the mudslide a try. Your taste buds will be thankful that you did!

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

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Show Dad S’more Love with This Delicious Dessert

June 12, 2021 / theblindpig11 / Leave a comment

The heat is on and summer is in full swing. Surely you knew a post with ice cream was coming soon. We love ice cream at The Blind Pig Blog. Nothing says, “Hello, Summer!” like some yummy ice cream. However, another thing that makes us think of summer is sitting around a roaring campfire roasting marshmallows and eating s’mores. Yumm-O! What a better idea than to combine two of summer’s favorite treats into one yummy calorie-filled treat for Dad? Yes, of course, we will say that we just HAVE to make this dessert for Dad! So in support of dads everywhere, we will sacrifice and share with you the recipe for S’mores Ice Cream Cake.

Like most ice cream cakes, this recipe is not difficult to follow, but you do need to plan a day or two in advance. This is not something that can just be whipped up at the last minute. To create this delectable dessert you will need graham crackers (of course), whole toasted almonds, sugar, unsalted butter, vanilla ice cream, fudge sauce, Caffe’ Borghetti Espresso Liqueur, marshmallow crème, and miniature marshmallows.

To start you will preheat the oven to 350 degrees while you finely grind the graham crackers, toasted almonds and sugar together in a food processor. Add melted butter and process until moist crumbs form. Next press the graham mixture into the bottom and up the sides of a springform pan. Bake the crust for about 12 minutes. Cool the crust completely.

After crust is completely cooled, remove ice cream from the freezer and soften. Spoon a layer of ice cream into the bottom of the crust approximately one inch thick.

You can make your own fudge sauce for the cake or cheat (which is what we did this time). If you are cheating, empty a jar of Smucker’s Fudge Sauce into a small microwaveable bowl. Add one ounce of Caffe’ Borghetti Espresso Liqueur to the sauce and heat in the microwave for about 1 minute. Stir together Caffe’ Borghetti and sauce until smooth. Spoon half of the fudge sauce over the layer of ice cream. Place the cake into the freezer for two hours. After two hours remove the ice cream and soften again. Spoon a layer of softened ice cream on top of the bottom layer of ice cream and fudge. Add an additional layer of fudge on top of the second layer of ice cream. Return the cake to the freezer for 12-24 hours. You may want to save some fudge to drizzle over the top of the cake before serving.

Remove cake from freezer. Spread a thin layer of marshmallow crème over the top of the cake. Sprinkle the cake with mini marshmallows. At this point you have two choices in how you would like to proceed. The first choice is to place the cake on a cookie sheet, turn on the broiler in your oven and lightly toast the marshmallows. However, placing an ice cream cake into a warm oven sounded a little contradictory to us, so we opted for another option. Option 2 is to use a small kitchen torch to toast the marshmallows. We lightly toasted the marshmallows with the kitchen torch and it worked perfectly. We did not have to worry about melting our ice cream cake in the oven and we had yummy toasted marshmallows. We understand that everyone is not as lucky as Rhonda to have a family who gifts unique kitchen gadgets for Christmas and birthdays, so we wanted you to be informed of the oven option.

The ice cream cake after the layer of marshmallow crème is added.

Rhonda’s handy dandy kitchen torch.

The top of the cake after lightly toasting marshmallows.

After toasting, drizzle remaining fudge over the top of the toasted marshmallows. Cut into single servings and let your family enjoy the ultimate taste of summer.

If you are viewing this post via email, please visit us at www.theblindpig.blog for a complete recipe for S’mores Ice Cream Cake.

We hope you and your dad or dads love this dessert. If you want to make this dessert and just think of your dad while you are eating it, that’s okay too! Either way, Happy Father’s Day to all of the great dads out there. We love you!

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A Little Tiramisu for You

March 21, 2021 / theblindpig11 / Leave a comment

Tiramisu is one of our favorite desserts that we love to order when we eat at an Italian restaurant. After researching this dessert a bit, we noticed that the word tiramisu in Italian means pick me up. What a perfect name for a dessert that makes almost anyone smile!

Most tiramisu recipes call for using a double boiler and lots of extra steps in the recipe. This was just a little too high maintenance for us, until we found this easy tiramisu recipe. We adapted the recipe and Blind Pigged it up, and now you have our version of tiramisu.

First you will need to secure all of the ingredients. Most ingredients are easy to find although we want to share a few tips for finding the ladyfingers, mascarpone and Caffe’ Borghetti. We could not find ladyfinger cookies at our local Kroger, although on line it said that some Krogers have it. Our advice is check ahead of time before heading out to buy your ladyfingers. We purchased ours at Sprouts, and we noticed that specialty stores like World Market had some. If you purchase the ladyfingers from your regular grocery store, you may look near the bakery or in a specialty food section of the store.

If you have not purchased mascarpone cheese before, it will be near your specialty cheeses. We found ours in the cheese section near the deli at Kroger. It comes in a small cylindrical container similar to cream cheese.

We have shared many recipes with Caffe’ Borghetti Espresso Liqueur before. (We can’t help ourselves it works so well with some many things!) Look or ask for Caffe’ Borghetti in your favorite store where you purchase other liquor. There is a specific reason why you want Caffe’ Borghetti. Caffe’ Borghetti is the only espresso liqueur that is made from espresso coffee first. How we can best explain it is that other coffee liqueurs are liqueurs that have added a coffee flavor to them. Caffe’ Borghetti makes fresh Italian espresso coffee and THEN adds the alcohol to the coffee. There is a big difference in quality and taste. You may want to order your Caffe’ Borghetti from Drizly which is an on-line liquor store.

This recipe is for making small servings of the tiramisu. You will want to find small serving bowls, cocktail glasses, or if you want the dessert to be really petite, shot glasses. We used small 8 ounce cocktail glasses.

To make this easy dessert you will need to first whip the whipping cream. Whip it with an electric mixer until stiff peaks form. Place in refrigerator to chill.

Next pour 1/2 cup of Caffe’ Borghetti into a shallow bowl. Break ladyfingers in half and dip both sides of the ladyfingers in the liqueur. Place ladyfingers in the bottom of cocktail glass.

In a mixer beat together the eggs and sugar for four minutes until pale yellow and fluffy. Add in the mascarpone cheese and mix until well incorporated. Fold in the whipping cream with a spatula. Make sure not to over mix.

Add a layer of the cheese mixture atop the ladyfingers. Add another layer of ladyfingers dipped in the espresso liqueur. Add a final layer of cheese mixture.

Top with sifted cocoa powder and shaved, unsweetened chocolate. Place in a refrigerator to chill for a minimum of an hour prior to serving. Keep chilled until ready to serve.

Note: This recipe is made with raw eggs. Raw eggs may contain foodborne illnesses.

If you are viewing this post via email, visit us at www.theblindpig.blog for a full recipe for Caffe’ Borghetti Tiramisu.

This low fuss recipe is the perfect pairing for an Italian dinner. It also works well as a dessert that can be made a day ahead. Need a pick me up? Try out the Caffe’ Borghetti Tiramisu and let us know what you think!

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Espresso Oreo Shake

March 6, 2021 / theblindpig11 / 1 Comment

The Blind Pig household survived snowmaggedon in Texas and now we are looking toward spring break and warmer weather! What better way to celebrate warmer temperatures and sunshine than with a little ice cream pick-me-up?

Rhonda got the idea for this shake one day while she was sitting at her favorite fast food drink stop… Sonic! There was an advertisement for a new espresso shake on the kiosk. Rhonda thought, “I can make an espresso shake for adults that tastes better than that!” At that point a star was born, she came home and mixed up this easy, but satisfying recipe for an adult espresso shake.

To make this shake you need only a few basic ingredients: vanilla ice cream (our choice — Blue Bell), a little bit of milk, some crumbled Oreos, and some Caffe’ Borghetti espresso liqueur.

Place all of these ingredients into your blender. Blend. Garnish with some whipped cream and an Oreo cookie. Delish!

We served ours in small tall serving glasses as a petite dessert. It was just enough to let ourselves indulge a bit without adding on too many calories. You may want to serve yours in a larger glass.

If you are viewing this post via email, visit us at http://www.theblindpig.blog for a complete recipe for the Espresso Oreo Shake.

What are you waiting for? Go grab some Oreos and start making your shake!

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We Love the Espresso Martini

January 17, 2021 / theblindpig11 / 1 Comment

We were looking through past posts reflecting on cocktails that we have shared with you. We realized that one of the cocktails that has been on our favorites list for the past several years we have never shared with you. Crazy, but I guess other ideas and recipes have beat our Espresso Martini recipe out. Not sure how this has happened, but in 2021 we are looking through our files and making sure we share some of our top recipes with you.

The Espresso Martini has been around for a few years, but has recently reached an all-time high in popularity. Currently it ranks at #6 on Drinks International list of best selling cocktails. Wondering how to make this delicious cocktail at home? Well, we’ve got you covered.

Our recipe includes our favorite espresso liqueur, Caffe’ Borghetti, vodka, vanilla syrup and a couple splashes of milk. Shake these ingredients together to form a nice froth and you are good to go! We garnished ours with a few espresso beans and some cocoa on the top to give it a nice presentation. We make our Espresso Martini with Caffe’ Borghetti, because it is the only espresso liqueur made with real espresso beans. It is delicious!

If you are viewing this post via email, visit us at www.theblindpig.blog for a complete recipe for the Espresso Martini.

The Espresso Martini is a great dessert drink, but can also hold its own as an anytime cocktail. Caution: this is not a cocktail to sip on right before bedtime.

We would love to hear from you if you try out our Espresso Martini. We love it and hope you will too!