All this bourbon talk lately

hondabbq

I never really was a fan of bourbon. Maybe it was my lack of trying, or the development of a better palette for it later on in life, but I seem to be taking a keener liking to it as of late. YukonRon 's Bourbon Slushie concoction has me craving them, So im making another run of that today or tomorrow and going to experiment with it a bit by adding some JB Apple Bourbon.

I was on my other BBQ forum and a guy has posted these. They sound great for just sitting around during the festive season and relaxing with friends or during the summer months on the deck doing the BBQ thing.  Anyone else have an interesting nut recipe they make?

Here is the recipe:

Bought a 3 lb bag of walnuts at Costco and decided to play with them.  Here's my recipe:

3 lbs Walnuts, shelled

6 T bourbon (I used Makers Mark)

5 T light brown sugar

1.5 tsp cinnamon

0.5 tsp groung nutmeg

0.5 tsp gound ginger

1/2 cup maple syrup

 

In a large mixing bowl, I poured in the nuts, then added the bourbon in 3 separate 2 T pours, mixing the nuts each time to get good coating.  I let it set about 30 minutes, then added the rest of the ingredients in order, with the syrup last so that the dry stuff didn't clump up.

Into the smoker at 250 for about an hour, using 2:1 ratio pecan:hickory.  I put them into my oven at 275 for another 30 minutes then let cool before storing.  Amazing!  Can't wait to have a glass of bourbon with these on the side.  They are a bit boozy so you can tame down the amount of bourbon added, but I like them as is.   Enjoy!

Legume

Great idea.  I didn't used to like Bourbon either.  I was more of a Scotch fan that married into a bourbon family and, well, now I have ten different bourbons to two bottles of Scotch.

nolaegghead

Sounds good!

I happen to be a fan of bourbon, despite having tried otherwise.

pgprescott

Legume said:

Great idea.  I didn't used to like Bourbon either.  I was more of a Scotch fan that married into a bourbon family and, well, now I have ten different bourbons to two bottles of Scotch.

Both are good IMO. Bourbon is a lot easier on the wallet.

Legume

Agree.  Price and what my friends and family enjoy have driven my inventory.  I'm not complaining.