Whiskey-Glazed Carrots

Whiskey-Glazed Carrots
The Pioneer Woman

1 stick Butter, Divided
2 pounds (to 3 Pounds) Carrots, Peeled And Cut Into Thick Circles
1/2 cup Jack Daniels Or Other Whiskey
3/4 cups (to 1 Cup) Brown Sugar
1/2 teaspoon (to 1 Teaspoon) Salt
Freshly Ground Pepper, to taste

Melt 1 tablespoon butter in a large skillet over high heat. Add carrots in two batches, cooking for 60-90 seconds each batch. Remove from skillet.

Pour in whiskey and allow to evaporate 30 seconds. Reduce heat to medium, and add remaining butter. When butter melts, sprinkle brown sugar over the top. Stir together, then add carrots to skillet. Cover, and continue cooking for 5 minutes.

Remove lid and add salt and pepper. Continue cooking until carrots are done and glaze is thick, about 5 more minutes.

Pour onto a platter and serve immediately. Sprinkle with chopped chives if desired.

Cosmopolitan from Sex and the City (The Movie)

cosmo

– 1.5 oz Absolut Citron

– 0.5 oz Cointreau  (I used Grand Marnier)

– 0.25 oz Fresh Lime Juice

– 1 oz Cranberry Juice (I used a little extra since I thought it was really strong)

Shake all ingredients with ice, strain into a chilled cocktail glass, and garnish. I’ve seen the garnish for the Cosmo to be: a lemon twist, flamed orange peel, or lime wedge.

 

The Dalmatian

drink

Coral-pink and slightly opaque, this cocktail (developed by SAVEUR online
editor Helen Rosner) looks demure, but it packs serious heat: bitter and sweet,
earthy and deep, with a slow, lingering burn from the vodka and pepper. It’s one
of those drinks that makes you look at the glass in wonderment after your first
sip.

INGREDIENTS
1.5 ounces black pepper simple syrup*
1.5 ounces Karlsson’s Gold Vodka or other vodka
3 ounces fresh grapefruit juice

INSTRUCTIONS
Combine the simple syrup, vodka, and grapefruit juice in a
cocktail shaker filled with ice. Shake vigorously for about
a minute; strain into an ice-filled glass.
*To make the black pepper simple syrup:
1/4 cup crushed black peppercorns
1 cup water
1 cup sugar
Place sugar, water and peppercorns in a small pot and
bring to a boil, stirring once or twice. Once sugar is
dissolved take off the heat and let cool. Leave the
peppercorns in the syrup to lend it a stronger flavor; strain them out when it is spiced to taste