Jack Daniels Brownie with Caramel Sauce

Jack Daniels Brownie with Caramel Sauce

Ingredients:

Box brownie mix

1 cup Jack Daniels Whisky

1 - 2 eggs (if required)

2 tablespoons Vegetable/cooking oil (if required)

Ingredients for Caramel Sauce

1 quart Caramel Topping

2/3 cup Jack Daniels Whiskey

2/3 cup Dried cranberries

1 cup canned peaches (drain the syrup)

Ingredients for Roasted Pecan topping

2 cups Pecan halves

1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

2 egg whites


Directions:

Instructions for Brownies Prepare the brownie mix as per the directions on the the box. The only change will be to replace the amount of water in the recipe with Jack Daniels Whiskey.
Instructions for Caramel Sauce Pour the caramel topping in a bowl. Add the Jack Daniels Whiskey and dried cranberries and stir until well blended. Set aside.

Instructions for Roasted Pecan topping Mix two egg whites. Add ? tsp cinnamon and ? cup white sugar. Set aside. Place pecan halves in a bowl and cover them with the egg white mixture. Bake 20 minutes or until very barely crisp.

Final Assembly of Brownies Slightly heat ? cup of the caramel sauce and pour into an individual serving bowl. Place the warm brownie slice on top of the caramel sauce. Garnish with roasted pecans and a fresh sprig of fresh mint. Finish with a scoop of butter pecan ice cream.

Spicy Citrus Lobster Skewers

Spicy Citrus Lobster Skewers

Ingredients:

4 lobster tails

1 orange

1 lemon

1 lime

1/2 C. rice vinegar

1/2 C. rice bran oil

1 tsp. ginger, minced

1 tsp. garlic, minced

1 tsp. chili pepper flakes

honey to taste

bamboo skewers, soaked

Garnish: green onions, chopped


Directions:

Begin by splitting the tails and removing the meat. Thread the lobster meat onto the skewers. Put in the refrigerator. Pull the zest off of 1 each; orange, lemon and lime then extract the juice from each of the fruits and put all in a mixing bowl. To this, add rice vinegar and rice bran oil and stir to mix well.

Add minced garlic, ginger, and chili pepper flakes. Mix well.  Add enough honey to balance the flavors between sweet and spicy. Marinate the lobster skewers for about 15-30 minutes, but no longer.

Grill over high heat until meat is cooked through and tender. Garnish with chopped green onions.