Cooking with Alcohol - A Dinner Party

I had so much fun coming up with recipes for this dinner party.  My friend, Courtney, and I searched and searched for exactly what we wanted to cook.  It took more time than we thought it would to come up with the perfect menu, but all that searching paid off.

The catch was that everything we cooked had to have some form of alcohol in it.

So here goes!  Here was our menu:

Snacks

Beer Dip

We used Sam Adams for the beer.  

I would absolutely make this dip again.  So good!  I thought it was even better the next day after being chilled all night.

Chex Mix

A recipe I made up myself with Jack Daniels.

Stop by tomorrow for the recipe!

Bread

Black Pepper & Parmesan Beer Bread

We used Guinness for this recipe.  

I wish I could say that I loved this recipe, but the pepper was so overpowering.  I could barely eat a full slice.  If I had cut the amount of pepper in half, it might have been more manageable

Main Course

Lady and Sons' Chicken in Wine Sauce

We used Sauvignon Blanc for the wine.

First off, it helps if you remember that when you double a recipe, you should also double the cooking time.  Ooops!  We still got to eat it and my goodness, it was amazing.  I will be making this again and again.

Beer Cheese Skillet Potatoes

We used Yuengling for the beer.

My oh my....these were awesome!  I will absolutely make these again and again and again.  This could be my new potato go to dish.

Bacon-Corn Relish

We used Jack Daniels.

Holy cow.  Who knew?  This was amazing.  I may have to try this with Honey Jack sometime, but it was fabulous just the way it was!  It was simple to put together too.

Baked Apples

I created my own recipe for this as well.

Check back for this recipe.  It's coming soon!

Dessert

Sweet Tea Vodka Cupcakes

We used Firefly's Sweet Tea Vodka.

Our cupcakes came out a little dry, but overall, they were pretty good.  I'd like to try this recipe again and  not keep them in the oven as long.  

Oh, and did I mention that the vodka doesn't cook out of the icing?  It was a crowd pleaser for sure.

This dinner was so much fun.  And it's really inspired me to come up with new creations using alcohol in the future.  

I want to thank Courtney for all her help!  We had so much cooking to do and I could have never got it done on time without her!

We completely forgot to take out the camera that night, but here's us from a while back!

You really need to try some of these recipes!  You won't be disappointed.

Have you ever cooked with alcohol?  Any recipes you'd like to share?

Recipes with Alcohol?

My friend Courtney and I decided to make dinner for some of our guy friends.  We picked out the date and started the menu prep.  That's when it hit us.  This dinner is going to be apart of our fun game night.  So why not make dinner actually part of the game?  Sounds fun, right?!

Then we got to thinking a little harder and BAM....we had the idea.  These are guys....they love to eat and well....they don't mind a good adult beverage every now and then.  So that's it.  Our dinner will be guess the alcohol in each dish!

Yes, we are very well aware that the alcohol cooks out.  But still, we thought this would be fun to see if we can retain any of the taste.  

I'm willing to use anything.  From beer, to liquor, to wine.

I've searched the Internet and found some great things.  Like these:

Jack Daniels Mac and Cheese

Beer Candied Bacon

Bailey's Irish Cream Bundt Cake

But here's my question for you.  Do you have a recipe that contains alcohol that you would recommend?

We are looking for snacks, appetizers, bread, meat, sides, and dessert.

Remember, the goal is to stump these guys!  And we are ready for the challenge!  

If you have any ideas, please comment below.  If you'd rather not comment here, feel free to e-mail me at DaisiesOverDiamonds@gmail.com.

Thanks in advance for all your help!  And I promise a recap post as soon as the dinner happens.