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Tarheel Shot

Tuesday, February 16th, 2010

Tarheel Shot

1 oz.               Smirnoff Vanilla Twist vodka
1 oz.               Godiva white chocolate liqueur
1/2 oz.            Blue Curacao liqueur 

Shake the first two ingredients in a cocktail mixer with ice. Strain into a shot glass. Add the Blue Curacao slowly until the appropriate color blue (North Carolina Tarheel blue) is obtained.

Today’s shot was brought in by one of the women on our panel that I’ve always gotten along with pretty well. Besides the obvious common interest we share of enjoying the pleasure in throwing down shots, she is a graduate of the University of North Carolina.

I’ve always been a huge Tarheels basketball fan since I was an adolescent. And I didn’t just hop on in 1983 when Michael Jordan was there. I had already been a fan a few years earlier when the likes of James Worthy and Sam Perkins hit the scene. And to me, Dean Smith is the best college coach ever. Of course, Jordan enhanced the program even more. But the stars just never stopped coming….Brad Daugherty, J.R. Reid, Rasheed Wallace, Jerry Stackhouse, Vince Carter, and most recently Tyler Hansbrough.

It never ends out there in Chapel Hill. They just keep winning.

Except this year, the Heels are only 14-11. Katie (the girl on our taste test panel) and I have been suffering. But when one is suffering, there’s always downing a few shots to drown your sorrows. So today Katie brought in her recipe for the Tarheel shot. And after a few groans from some of the other panel members who have grown tired of our North Carolina banter, the mood swung around when she gave us the ingredients.

The shot is a nice combination of vanilla vodka and a high quality white chocolate liqueur that we have used previously—-Godiva. Actually, we have used Godiva’s chocolate liqueur in the past. Their white chocolate liqueur is outstanding as well. It is exceptionally rich, silky smooth, creamy, and delicious.

The blue curacao is chiefly used to shade the shot into a light blue color that is the trademark of North Carolina sports teams. If you are a fan, the motto is that you “bleed blue”.

Which Katie and I do.

The shot itself was delicious and we may have even earned a few converts to the Tarheels. The vanilla vodka meshed beautifully with the white chocolate liqueur to make a creamy concoction that tasted like a little piece of white chocolate candy bar that you let dissolve on your tongue. However, it wasn’t so thick that it tasted like melted ice cream or anything. The thinness of the vodka prevents that from happening.

You have to carefully add the blue curacao so as not to make the drink too blue. It isn’t supposed to be a dark shade; it is closer to “sky blue”. Maybe just a tiny little bit more blue than that….but not much. So this is why you should add that last ingredient after you have poured the vodka and white chocolate liqueur into the shot glass.

ShareMyShot gives this first team All American, NCAA champion of shots a 4 on a scale of 5. The creativity and unique appearance of the shot were there. The taste was awesome. The only thing missing from a perfect score was the power behind the shot. It would likely take several of these to ring your bell. But I could see myself doing several when the Tarheels win their next NCAA Tournament crown.

Perhaps the greatest part of today’s taste session was watching another panel member reluctantly acknowledge how good this shooter was.

He graduated from Duke University. And if you know anything about college basketball rivalries, you know how painful and difficult that was for him.

Cheers !!

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Daddy’s Milk

Monday, February 1st, 2010

Daddy’s Milk

1/2 oz.             Marie Brizard Creme de Cacao Dark
1/2 oz.             Potters Creme de Cacao White Liqueur
1/2 oz.             Frangelico hazelnut liqueur
1 splash             cream 

Shake with ice in a cocktail mixer and strain into a shot glass. Enjoy!

Today we are sharing a somewhat different recipe in that it doesn’t call for any of the really “hard” stuff. There’s no rum, no whiskey or bourbon, no vodka, and no tequila. This one could definately be called more of a dessert shot. It is thicker in context than your usual shot and sometimes one has to be ready to down a shooter like this. Especially guys. If you are a hardcore bourbon drinker or a tequila man, you may feel like this is like drinking a shot of Pepto Bismol or Milk of Magnesia.

I myself have to trick my mind that I am swallowing the last little bit of some melted ice cream or something.

Today we offer you Daddy’s Milk. And I am happy to say that unlike last week when one of the office smart-asses felt compelled to try and be witty when we sampled the Stinky Weasel—and paid the price for it, no one uttered a word when this shot was presented. Although I did notice that a few of the female tasters did lick their lips slightly. 

Lord, forgive me. I’ll pay for that one right there…..that’s for sure.

I was always more of a mother’s milk kind-of-guy as an infant. So I’m told.

But we saw that our old friend Frangelico hazelnut liqueur was involved along with another label we all appreciate in Marie Brizard and her dark creme de cacao. So we thought this one could have some real possibilities and whipped up a batch.

Now Marie Brizard also offers up a creme de cacao white blend and we often find it puzzling why a recipe would call for different brands in a situation such as this. Why go with Potters light creme de cacao when you can stay consistent with Marie Brizard? Perhaps the people behind the recipe simply prefer Potter’s light blend over Marie Brizard? Or perhaps it is a financial thing and they can only afford one bottle of the slightly more expensive Marie Brizard and had to “settle” for the Potters dark blend.

Who knows? But we feel that you can substitute here. Feel free to go with both the light and dark blends of Marie Brizard. Or the other way around using both blends of the Potters if that is what you can afford. But do stick with the Frangelico hazelnut liqueur as it has not disappointed us yet when used in prior recipes.

The shot was indeed a bit thicker than most, but it went down relatively smooth thanks to it being served chilled. I think it would have went down a bit harder if it was warm. Who likes warm milk? Or warm, melted ice cream that’s been sitting for a while? So it went down OK and it also had a very favorable flavor. It tasted a bit like hazelnut cocoa that you might buy at a convenience store like 7-11 on your way to work. Or at a joint like Dunkin Donuts or Starbucks.

By no means did it taste like coffee…….it just had that nutty, slight chocolaty flavor that some of those coffees or cocoas have. ShareMyShot gives this smooth shooter a 4 on a scale of 5. It doesn’t have hardly any punch at all. Not that you would expect a knockout based on the ingredients involved. But it is definately another shot for cozying up in front of that warm fireplace with your special lady.

Until some real Daddy’s Milk makes an appearance.

Oh Lord……please forgive me again.

Cheers !!

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