DAY Recipe

INGREDIENTS

8 ounces good quality bittersweet chocolate , chopped 250 g
2/3 cup whipping cream
2 tablespoons unsalted butter
1 tablespoon corn syrup
2 tablespoons Scotch whisky
1 tablespoon white sugar , coarse sugar for topping

DIRECTIONS

Place chocolate in 4 cup glass measuring cup.In small saucepan, heat together cream, butter and corn syrup just until butter melts and bubbles form around edge; whisk in chocolate until smooth.Whisk in Scotch whisky.

Line mini muffin cups with paper or foil [...]

INGREDIENTS

3 cups raspberries (fresh or frozen)
3 tablespoons Scotch whisky
1 1/4 cups double cream
4 tablespoons heather honey (or plain clear honey will do)
1 1/3 cups oats

DIRECTIONS

Reserve 1 cup of the raspberries and put the rest into a bowl with the Scotch whiskey and set aside.

Whip the cream until softly stiff.

Stir in the honey and oatmeal.If the cream turns soft, whip again until stiff.

Spoon a few raspberries into the [...]

INGREDIENTS

2 cups good quality vanilla ice cream
1/2 teaspoon fresh black pepper , coarsely ground
1/4 cup single malt scotch

DIRECTIONS

Divide the ice cream into 4 bowls.
Grind the black pepper over the ice cream, about 6 grinds per portion.

Pour one tablespoon of Scotch over each dish and serve.

INGREDIENTS

2 tablespoons finely chopped onions
3 tablespoons butter
2 cups crabmeat (2 6-oz cans)
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4-1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
3 cups milk
1/2 cup heavy cream
2 tablespoons Scotch whisky
chopped parsley

DIRECTIONS

Pick over the crabmeat to remove bits of shell and cartilage.
Cook the onion in the butter until the onion is transparent.
Stir in the crabmeat, salt and pepper and cook over low heat, ten minutes, stirring occasionally.
Add the milk and cook over boiling water for 15 minutes.
Add the cream [...]

While my brother and I were growing up, my mother made this soup in large quantities, always leaving plenty for freezing. Whenever my parents went out without us, Mom pulled out one of the many frozen tubs of this stew, which my brother and I nicknamed “Witches’ Brew.” I’ve hated it for as long as [...]