PrintPotluck theme: "Culinary Intoxication"
I'm going to a potluck next Friday with the theme "Culinary Intoxication" (give us a break--we're college students!). The food doesn't have to be literally "intoxicating" per se, but it needs to include alcohol in part of the cooking process. I almost always bring dessert to potlucks, so I'd like to switch it up and bring a savory dish. Any good suggestions for (preferably vegetarian) potluck-appropriate dishes with alcohol? Thanks!!
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17 Comments:
Boeuf Bourguignon comes immediately to mind but it might be too hot, depending on location.
There's also Barefoot Contessa Tequila Lime Chicken.
Sounds like fun!
chiff0nade at 3:34AM on 04/19/08
Scallops in Wine!
http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/107582
We affectionately refer to this dish as "Drunken Scallops." It's delicious.
feriorrenna at 8:38AM on 04/19/08
Baked beans with Kalhua
Portobellos sauteed with nicoise olives and red wine
Any pasta in a vodka sauce
bessfour at 8:41AM on 04/19/08
Grilled chicken marinated in sake (or bourbon), brown sugar, ginger, ground pepper, and shoyu. =) Or the same concoction but with beef and add peanut butter to the marinade, then grilled.
Cassaendra at 9:45AM on 04/19/08
The vegetarian theme makes it harder, but......I use wine or vodka in tomato sauce, brandy or cognac in mushroom sauce, sherry in bisque soup, butter wine sauce for many dishes - especially fish.
PerkyMac at 9:51AM on 04/19/08
So maybe something like a baked pasta dish with a creamy mushroom sauce that has white wine in it?
ChristineB at 2:20PM on 04/19/08
Borracho beans!
Here's a recipe:
http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/108790
You could omit the pork, or swap it with whatever magical item vegetarians use instead of pork (is there one? This is a genuine question.).
renzata at 2:51PM on 04/19/08
Here is a ratatouille lasagna recipe. You could add red wine or vodka to the tomato sauce. It's on a wine website with recommendations for a wine to accompany, but why not add some to the sauce?
http://www.wineloverspage.com/wineadvisor1/tsfl060105.phtml
PerkyMac at 3:08PM on 04/19/08
These are all great, thanks! As for vegetarian pork substitutes, the one that comes to mind for me is vegetarian split pea soup. Instead of using ham, I brown the onions and whatever else I start with a little more than one might normally, deglaze with white wine, and use assertive spices (I particularly like cumin, which adds some smokiness that the pork would have). I tend to not use one substitution for the meat, but make up for it with a few extra things here and there.
ChristineB at 10:56PM on 04/19/08
I love French onion soup flavored with white wine instead of beef stock.
Oh - how about pasta cooked in red wine instead of water? If that freaks you out, you could also just cook it most of the way in water and then cook it for the last couple of minutes in the wine. Add some goat cheese or parm reg, maybe some pine nuts, maybe some basil, and you're good to go. (For some bizarre reason, I have an urge to suggest topping the red wine pasta with goat cheese and grated dark Scharffen Berger. Could be gross, but I can't stop thinking about it. Now I've managed to pique my own curiosity ... may have to try it meself.)
Also, here's a recipe for fennel with wine and honey, if you're thinking of going the side dish route: http://food.realsimple.com/realsimple/recipefinder.dyn?action=displayRecipe&recipe_id=1608739
(Actually, come to think of it, you could even make your own ravioli - or buy, no shame in it - stuffed with cheese, nuts, chocolate, herbs, whatever, and then cook *that* in red wine ...)
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tacroy80 at 10:59PM on 04/19/08
Mix 2 tablespoons of white miso, 2 tablespoons of brown sugar, 2 teaspoons of toasted sesame oil, 2-3 tablespoons of sake, a tablespoon of grated ginger and a grated garlic clove (I use my microplane grater for these). The mixture should be paintable, but not too runny. Add the sake last until you get a good consistency.
You can use this mixture to glaze grilled vegetables, such as eggplant, zucchini, portobello mushrooms or even firm tofu. It also works great as a marinade for fish (if you have any pesco-vegetarians).
For those trying to find something to mimic the smoky flavor that pork products can impart but is also veg. friendly, a good quality smoked paprika is easy to add to bean dishes, soups/stews or tomato sauces without throwing off the other flavors (other than to add the smokiness!).
Amandarama at 8:11AM on 04/20/08
What about a greens and beans dish (that's been referenced a fair bit lately with the discussions of greens lately) with a white wine/veggie broth mix to soften the greens?
I second the smoked paprika in beans and the lot - I recently discovered this amazing spice and I'm hooked!
Maureen at 11:17AM on 04/20/08
No one's suggested dessert, but if you go that route, it's very very easy and very delicious--add brown sugar and rum to your favorite delicate chocolate cake, or soak raisins in whiskey and add them to an oatmeal cookie recipe, with a few tbsp. of whiskey added in as well. Vanilla-bourbon cake...A quick Google shows lots of results. :)
Christina at 12:22PM on 04/20/08
Jello shots?
OK, I'll go stand in the corner now.
chiff0nade at 5:47PM on 04/20/08
Chiff0nade, I wouldn't be surprised at all if they made an appearance, although this crowd tends more along the lines of 10 bottles of yellowtail...
ChristineB at 10:18PM on 04/20/08
Drunken cherries:
Soak a bag of frozen, pitted cherries in Chambord liqueur. Let them soak in the fridge at least a day. Serve over a good vanilla bean ice cream.
Yes, I know it's dessert, but it's awesome!
Editmom at 9:50AM on 04/21/08
I can't believe nobody's mentioned tiramisu yet! I made this a couple of weeks ago, and it's AWESOME:
http://www.recipezaar.com/202785
Yeah, yeah... it cheats a bit, it doesn't actually use ladyfingers, but it's still very good.
NinjaFluff at 11:21AM on 04/21/08