This post has taken me a while to get up because I didn't have the recipe yet from The Mrs. If you'll remember from previous posts of mine, she is the pastry chef in the house. So a few weeks back we went to some friends' house to watch the Kentucky Derby and needed something to bring over. I knew we were being treated to local tenderloin steaks and homegrown asparagus, so I had my wife look into a desert she could make.
Nothing says "Kentucky Derby" quite like bourbon. The traditional way to enjoy this delicious adult beverage on Derby day is with some muddled mint leaves and a little simple syrup. This is a different way to get festive if you don't happen to share my love of Kentucky whiskey as a beverage choice.
The recipe came from here and adds both chocolate and bourbon to your traditional pecan pie recipes. My wife said to me, "Do we have any bourbon in the house?" (as a joke, because she knows I always do)
You see our hosts for the evening had us over before. It was my first time meeting the man of the house and he offered me a drink. When he found out I liked bourbon he told me he wanted to tour the Kentucky Bourbon Trail like some people go to wine country. I said I thought that sounded fun, and a year and a half later we toured 4 different distilleries in the heart of Bourbon Country.
So there couldn't have been a more perfect desert to bring over. It was rich and delicious with just the slightest hint of bourbon running through it. I love buttery, flaky pie crust. And if you add nuts, chocolate, and bourbon ... you've got a desert that was custom-made just for me. In fact, this one was. Thanks again honey.
You might even notice a glass of whiskey in the top picture from this post. That was my contribution to the evening -- a bottle of Elmer T. Lee single-barrel bourbon from the Buffalo Trace Distillery.
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