Bourbon Dinner

Below is the menu I've put together for this evening's bourbon dinner. Delicious.

Seafood Louisiana

3 oz butter

1/4 cup white onion chopped

12 oz, lobster meat

4 oz. bourbon

1 cup mushrooms sliced

1 green pepper, diced

1/2 cup celery, diced

1 pimiento, diced

6 tomatoes, peeled and chopped

1 cup tomato sauce

pepper to taste

salt to taste

paprika to taste

2 packages instant white rice

Melt 2 oz butter in heavy shallow pan and cook onion till soft. Add seafood and cook 3 minutes, stirring constantly. Add bourbon. In another pan, melt 1 oz. butter and sauté mushrooms, green pepper, celery, pimiento, and tomatoes till tender. Add tomato sauce and bring to a simmer. Add seafood and mix thoroughly. Season to taste. Serve in a rice ring. Decorate with a little parsley and paprika.

Bourbon Mushrooms with Peas

8 oz. sliced mushrooms

2 tablespoons butter

1/4 tsp marjoram leaves

1/8 tsp ground mace

dash almond extract

1 oz bourbon

2 10-oz packages frozen small peas

Drain mushrooms, reserving liquid. In frying pan heat mushrooms in melted butter till sizzling; then stir in marjoram, mace, almond extract, and bourbon. Break up peas and pour into pan with mushrooms. Turn off heat and let stand. Just before serving, add 2 tablespoons of reserved mushroom liquid to peas and bring to a boil, stirring occasionally. Serves 6.

Bourbon Angel

1 pt vanilla ice cream

1 cup bourbon

1 cup heavy cream, whipped

grated orange rind

toasted chopped almonds

Soften ice cream slightly. Beat in bourbon; fold in whipped cream. Or combine first 3 ingredients in a blender and whirl until foamy. Spoon into glasses and sprinkle top with grated orange rind and toasted chopped nuts. Serves 8-10 in 4-ounce glasses.

Chocolate Walnut Pie

1 9-inch unbaked pastry shell

2 eggs

1 cup sugar

1/2 cup butter, melted

3 tablespoons bourbon

1 teaspoon almond extract

1/4 cup cornstarch

1 cup finely chopped walnuts

1 cup semisweet chocolate chips

In a small mixer bowl, beat eggs slightly and gradually add sugar. Add melted butter, bourbon, and almond extract and mix well. Blend in cornstarch. Stir in nuts and chocolate chips; pour into unbaked pastry shell. Bake at 350 degrees for 50 minutes. Cool one hour and serve with a dollop of whipped cream. Serves 8-10.

Morning Lift

A soothing pick-me-up created by Henri Jabeneau of Chicago's Ambassador Hotel

2 oz. bourbon

1 oz. cream de cacao

1 egg

3 oz. milk

Shake well, ice, and serve to patient

Bourbon Sidecar

1 oz lemon juice

1 oz triple sec

2 oz bourbon

Shake well, ice, and serve