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Baileys & Goldschlager Cocktail

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Craving a cocktail that is sweet, smooth and creamy with a bit of a zing?  Look no further.  I was inspired by this shot recipe from the Baileys website, but I wanted something that was more than a couple of mouthfuls, and this delicious concoction was the result.

THE INGREDIENTS

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3 oz of Baileys Original Irish Cream

1 1/2 oz of Goldschlager Cinnamon Schnapps

1 1/2 oz of 15% cream

1 % milk *

Ice

Now just combine it all in a cocktail shaker, shake and serve.

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* I added the milk last and honestly didn’t measure how much I added, but it’s really down to personal preference… how creamy do you want the cocktail to be?  With everything combined, my shaker was 3/4 full, and yielded 3 martini glasses worth.

So simple.  So divine 🙂

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Fried Plantain

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I’ve been trying out quite a few Caribbean dishes because I have a family get-together coming up and I’d like to make some dishes that they like. So, this is my first time making fried plantain, and it turned out pretty well.

It’s really easy, actually. You just need some ripe plantain – i.e black skin and flesh firm and pinkish-yellow.

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INSTRUCTIONS

Peel the plantain, then cut it into into ½ inch slices on the diagonal. (On the diagonal is a presentation thing. I just cut regular slices above, however, if this was being served in a restaurant, the plantain would have been cut on the diagonal).

Fry in oil until brown and caramelized on each side.

And that’s it! See? Easy 🙂

I added some sautéed onions that I’d fried up beforehand, but this is optional because the plantain is delicious on it’s own.  As you can see, some of my slices are a little overdone. I fried a lot of slices at once, so I lost track of which ones hadn’t been flipped, but it truly didn’t take anything away from the sweet rich taste of the plantain.  It’s very hard to go wrong here… and the result is mmmmm, heaven 🙂