I got a rather amusing e-mail today from a public relations person for the Web site www.chefsdiet.com. That's a Zone Diet meal provider Web site. In it, she wrote:
"With summer around the corner, there’s nothing better than a buzz inducing sweet treat that won’t pack on the pounds. Booze foods are a warm weather favorite and a tasty Chefs Diet™ Kahlua Cream Pie is just the ticket to fulfill that sweet tooth without worrying about the weighty repercussions."
Booze foods. As in, recipes that call for alcohol. Well, if that's what she was writing about, why call them just a warm weather fave? I'd say booze foods are pretty popular all year round!
A can of PBR in the chili, a dash of white wine in the chicken, etc. And I just learned yesterday from Hotel Roanoke Executive Chef Billie Raper that gin is a natural ingredient in venison dishes because deer eat lots of juniper berries and gin is distilled with juniper berries.
I really dislike gin cocktails, but perhaps it wouldn't be so bad cooked off in a marinade or something.
I'll attach that Kahlua Pie recipe with a warning: I have not tried it myself, so I have no idea how good it tastes. It only makes one individual pie, so you might think about multiplying it.
Mostly, I just wanted an excuse to use the new buzz phrase, "booze food."
Do you have a booze food recipe? Share it!

Kahlua Cream Pie

By Chef Philip Andriano

Corporate Executive Chef – Chefs Diet™

www.chefsdiet.com

Makes one individual-sized pie

Ingredients:

4 oz. fine chocolate wafer crumbs

½ tsp. canola oil

1 envelope unflavored gelatin

2 oz. skim milk

½ oz. Kahlua liquor

½ square unsweetened chocolate

2 oz. non-fat yogurt

Method of Preparation:

Blend wafer crumbs and oil in a small bowl.

Lightly spray a 3-inch pie tin with non-stick cooking spray.

Transfer crumb mixture into tin, press over bottom and sides.

Bake in a moderate oven for 3 minutes.

Add milk into a cool sauce pot, sprinkle gelatin over milk and let stand to soften gelatin (allow gelatin to bloom). Heat milk slowly until gelatin melts (do not bring to a boil). Add chocolate and continue to allow mixture to melt. Add Kahlua and yogurt, mix well and immediately remove from heat.

Prepare a bowl set over ice, transfer milk mixture into the bowl to cool. After the mixture has cooled, blend well again, and spoon into the prepared pie shell. Refrigerate.

Serve and enjoy this delicious treat!

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