David Venable’s new book, Back Around the Table, hits bookstores today (October 7), and we can’t wait to get cooking! As the host of QVC‘s In the Kitchen with David told us in a recent interview with PA Eats’s Jim Breslin, his second cookbook (the first, Comfort Foods That Take You Home, was published in 2012) takes classic dishes and elevates them in a way that makes them “a little different and a little more interesting.”
Since we love an inventive cocktail, we were thrilled to find that David’s cookbook also includes recipes for adult libations. Mix yourself up a S’mores Martini with the recipe below, excerpted from Back Around the Table, for the perfect treat at the end of a long day. Cheers!
S’mores Martinis
Oh! My! Word! While these decadent drinks may remind you of toasting marshmallows and making s’mores over summer campfires, you can enjoy these grown-up cocktails any time of the year. Yes, Adult Chocolate Milk is just that—chocolate milk with vodka. Ask for it and the marshmallow vodka in wine and spirits stores. Finish a Valentine’s Day or an anniversary dinner by serving these for dessert.
Makes 2
Ingredients:
- ¼ cup chocolate syrup
- 2 graham crackers, finely crushed
- 2 marshmallows
- ¼ cup marshmallow vodka
- ¼ cup Adult Chocolate Milk
- ¼ cup heavy cream
Method:
Put 3 tablespoons of the chocolate syrup on a small plate. Place the crushed graham crackers on another small plate. Dip the rims of two martini glasses in the chocolate syrup, then dip the rims into the graham cracker crumbs. Quickly turn the martini glasses right side up and drizzle the remaining 1 tablespoon chocolate syrup in a spiral design on the insides of the glasses. Put the glasses in the freezer for 1 hour to let the chocolate harden.
Remove the glasses from the freezer. Heat a small nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Put each marshmallow on the end of a skewer. Place the skewers in the skillet with a flat side of the marshmallows facing down, until the marshmallows turn golden, about 45 seconds. Remove the skewered marshmallows from the pan and, using the tines of a fork, push 1 marshmallow into each martini glass.
Fill a cocktail shaker halfway with ice, half of the marshmallow vodka, half of the Adult Chocolate Milk and half of the cream. Shake well and strain the mixture into one of the glasses. Repeat for the second drink.
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