In the Land of Cocktails

Two Chocolate Pigs

TWO CHOCOLATE PIGS

• 3 ounces Vanilla Vodka
• 3 ounces Godiva Choco­late Liqueur
• 4 ounces Spicy Choco­late Syrup*
• Drunken Brownie**
• Caramel Sim­ple Syrup***
• Caramelized Bacon Powder****

Rim two mar­tini glasses with Caramel Sim­ple Syrup.  Dip wet mar­tini…rim in Caramelized Bacon pow­der.  Chill pre­pared mar­tini glasses in freezer.  Fill cock­tail shaker half way with ice.  Add vodka, choco­late liquor and Spicy Choco­late Syrup and shake for 10 sec­onds.  Pour into chilled,  rimmed mar­tini glasses.  Gar­nish with 1 skew­ered Drunken Brownie.

*SPICY CHOCOLATE SYRUP Yield: 3 1/2 cups

• Car­na­tion Milk, 2%                                   12 ounce can
• Abuela Choco­late, chopped                     3 bars
• Ghi­rardehli Hot Cocoa                             1/2 cup
• Unsweet­ened Bak­ing Choco­late             1/2 cup
• Dark Brown Sugar                                     1/2 cup
• Pink Salt                                                      1 teaspoon

Place the Car­na­tion milk in a sauce pan over low flame.  Heat milk for 3 to 4 min­utes.  Add the rest of the ingre­di­ents to the hot milk and stir gen­tly until all choco­lates have melted.  Pre­pare a bowl of ice in which another bowl can rest on top.  Place the choco­late in the bowl over ice to cool down quickly.  Set aside.

**DRUNKEN BROWNIES

• Choco­late Brown­ies in half inch cubes
• Vodka

Soak Brown­ies in vodka for at least 30 min­utes.  Skewer brown­ies.  Gar­nish drinks.

***CARAMEL SIMPLE SYRUP

Place brown sugar in a glass bowl.  Add hot water and stir to dis­solve brown sugar.  Set aside for later use.

****CARAMELIZED BACON POWDER

• 6 strips Salt Pork
• 1 tsp (or so) Coarse Black Pepper
• 1 tsp (or so) Chili Powder
• 1/4 cup Brown Sugar

Pre­heat oven to 350° F.  Place bacon strips on parch­ment paper.  Sprin­kle bacon with coarse black pep­per & chili pow­der, enough to cover evenly.  Sprin­kle brown sugar over sea­soned bacon.  Bake in 350° oven for 15+ min­utes – or until bacon is crisp and sugar has caramelized.  Remove bacon from oven and let cool com­pletely.  Place caramelized bacon strips in food proces­sor and pul­ver­ize.  Place bacon pow­der in a shal­low dish.  Set aside.

Cour­tesy of Exec­u­tive Chef Will Gotay