January 2018- Cooking with Rum

January 2018- Cooking with Rum

Spirited Chipped Beef

Ingredients: 

• 1 Tbsp. Browned Flour*

• 1 C. Milk

• 1 C. Heavy Cream

• 1 ¼ Tbsp. Worcestershire Sauce

• 1 tsp. Kitchen Bouquet

• 3 Hard-boiled Eggs, chopped

• ¼ lb. Chipped Beef, shredded

• ½ lb. Mushrooms

• 4 Tbsp. Salted Butter

• 1 Large Diced Pimento

• ½ C. White Rum- heavy congener

• Salt and Pepper to taste

Directions:

Make a paste of browned f lour with ¼ cup of milk and add to pan with 2 teaspoons of olive oil. Gradually add ¾ cup milk, 2 Tbsp of melted butter and cream. Add Worcestershire sauce and kitchen bouquet. Add chipped beef. Cook until thick, stirring frequently as to avoid lumping. In a separate pan, saute mushrooms in the rest of the butter and cook for about 7 minutes. Add the mushrooms to the creamed beef. Add pimento, hard-boiled eggs salt and pepper. Cook for about 6 minutes and add the white rum. Serve immediately on toast, highly recommend on 7 grain bread. Serves 4-6.

*Preparation for browned flour: Place a metal skillet over flame on stove top. Add a cup of flour and stir constantly, scraping the flour away from the bottom and sides to avoid scorching or sticking. When all the flour is an even tan color, it is ready for use.

New Years Rum Twists

Ingredients: 

• 1 C. Powdered Sugar

• 1 C. Butter, softened

• 3 Hard-boiled Egg Yolks, mashed to a paste

• Grated Rind of ½ Lemon

• Grated Rind of ½ Lime

• 3 Tbsp. Dark Rum

• 2 Tbsp. White Rum

• 2 ¾ C. Sifted Flour

Directions:

Cream butter and sugar. Add the rind of the lemon and lime, rums and egg yolks. Add flour. Set dough in the freezer in a covered bowl, about 20 minutes. Break off small pieces of dough, about a teaspoonful. Roll between palms of hands until dough looks like a pencil and then fold once and twist. Place each piece about an inch apart on a greased cookie sheet. Brush with the white of the raw egg mixed with a tablespoon of water and slightly beaten. Sprinkle with a mix of sugar and cinnamon (1/4 cup of cinnamon for every cup of sugar). Bake at 350⁰ F until cookies are done, about 12-14 minutes. Remove from pan at once and cool.

-Article written by Chef Susan Whitley- 

Hello, my name is Susan Whitley, I am passionate about great foods and beverages. I love finding recipes that incorporate my favorite ingredients and sharing the results with my friends and family.

Through this monthly column I will do my best to inspire you to incorporate the spirit of the tropics into your everyday cooking.

Sue@gotrum.com