Drinkable Desserts?

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Contributed by Alexandra Martinez

What happens when you combine the after-dinner drink and dessert?

You get drinkable desserts, an emerging trend that is surfacing in restaurants and bars across the country.

Baileys Irish Cream is challenging both amateur foodies and professional chefs and mixologists to create their own cocktail versions on traditional desserts.

Visit Drinkable Desserts  through December 15 to submit your recipes.
The site offers a list of suggested ingredients and garnishes which can be mixed with a base of Baileys Original Irish Cream or its two new flavors, Baileys Mint Chocolate and Baileys Caramel.

The winner will be featured in the April 2007 issue of Gourmet magazine and will receive a trip to New York City with a guest for a private cooking class in the Gourmet Cooking Arts Center with Chef de Cuisine, Jennifer Day.

To spark the imagination, here’s a great recipe for a Drinkable Dessert using one of the new Baileys Flavors:

Baileys Caramel Apple Pie-tini

• 1 3/4 oz Baileys with a Hint of Caramel
• 1/3 oz Smirnoff Twist Green Apple Vodka
• 1/3.oz Applesauce
• Dash of Caramel Syrup

Pour the applesauce into bottom of glass and float dash of caramel.
Shake all other ingredients with ice in a cocktail shaker, strain and float on top of the applesauce and caramel. Garnish with a slice of caramel apple.

Comments

[eljefe]

Here's my recipe for a drinkable dessert:

2 oz San Matias Gran Reserva Anejo

Neat!

- j