Bourbon Glaze Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Trim all but 1/4 inch fat from the ham, and score remaining fat in 3/4-inch diamonds, just deep enough to reach the meat without cutting into it. Place ham, fat side up, on a rack in a roasting pan.
• In a small bowl, mix together brown sugar, mustard, and bourbon. Brush 1/4 of the glaze over the ham. Bake the ham, brushing with remaining glaze every 30 minutes, until heated through (140 degrees on a meat thermometer), about 2 hours.
• Let ham stand about 15 minutes before carving. Using a knife with a long blade, carve downward to the bone. Run the knife horizontally through the ham, along the top of the bone, to release the slices.

Steps:

• Melt butter in a skillet over medium-high heat; stir in brown sugar, sugar, and vanilla.
• Cook, stirring constantly, 1 minute. Remove skillet from heat, and stir in bourbon.
• Carefully ignite the fumes just above liquid mixture with a long match or long multipurpose lighter. Let stand until flames disappear.

Steps:

• Combine the smoked paprika, onion powder, garlic powder, 2 1/2 teaspoons salt, 1/2 teaspoon pepper, chili powder and brown sugar in a small bowl. Stir to combine.
• Place each rack of ribs on a large piece of aluminum foil (it will eventually need to completely seal the rack) and place on a baking sheet. Generously sprinkle the dry rub on both sides of the ribs. Leave uncovered and place in the refrigerator, meat-side up, for at least 1 hour and up to overnight.
• Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F.
• In another small bowl, stir the vinegar, bourbon, preserves, 2 tablespoons water and a large pinch of salt and pepper together to combine. Pour half of the mixture over each rack and tightly seal each in the foil, crimping the edges to make a packet.
• Transfer the foil packets on the baking sheet to the oven and bake until the meat is tender and starts to pull away from the bones, about 1 1/2 hours.
• Remove the baking sheet from the oven. Carefully open the foil packets and pour off the liquid into a small saucepan. Bring to a strong simmer over medium-high heat and cook until it is reduced by about half and becomes a thin but syrupy glaze, stirring frequently, 6 to 8 minutes. It will thicken further as it cools.
• Line another baking sheet with foil and gently transfer the ribs to it. Position a rack on the top level of the oven and preheat the broiler.
• Using a pastry brush, generously coat the ribs with about half of the glaze. Broil until browned and charred in spots, 2 to 4 minutes. Brush generously with some of the remaining glaze and return to the broiler until deeply browned and charred in additional spots, 2 to 4 minutes more. Brush the finished ribs with any remaining glaze. Slice each rack between the bones and serve.

Steps:

• In a medium bowl, combine bourbon, brown sugar, ketchup, Worcestershire sauce, vinegar, lemon juice, garlic, and mustard. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
• Use to baste meat, especially chicken or salmon, while cooking.

Steps:

• Trim any excess fat or sinews off the tenderloin and arrange the meat in a baking dish.
• To make the rub, place the rub ingredients in a small bowl and mix well with your fingers.
• Sprinkle this mixture over the pork on all sides, and rub it into the meat.
• Marinate the meat in the refrigerator for 2 hours.
• To make the glaze, melt the butter in a saucepan over medium heat.
• Add the garlic and cook for 1 minute.
• Add the bourbon and the rest of the glaze ingredients and briskly simmer the mixture over high heat, whisking well, until thick and syrupy, 2 to 4 minutes.
• Remove from the heat and add salt and pepper to taste: the mixture should be highly seasoned.
• Pour half the glaze into a small bowl.
• Grill the pork tenderloin over high heat until golden brown and cooked through, 3 to 4 minutes per side, 12 to 16 minutes in all.
• Internal temperature should be 160 drgrees.
• For the last 5 minutes, baste the tenderloin on all sides with the bourbon glaze in the bowl.
• Transfer the tenderloin to a cutting board and thinly slice on the diagonal.
• Arrange the pork on plates or a platter and spoon the remaining glaze in the saucepan on top.
• Serve at once.

Steps:

• Whisk together water sugar and cornstarch in a saucepan until mixed well.
• Add Worcestershire, soy sauce, ketchup; mix well.
• Add salt, garlic powder, onion powder, cayenne pepper, black pepper, cumin and sage.
• Bring mixture to a boil over medium heat.
• Reduce heat and simmer for two minutes or until thick (Make sure its rather thick -will thin down when adding final ingredients).
• Remove from heat and let cool.
• Stir in vinegar and lemon juice.
• Let mixture cool in fridge for about an hour or longer to let the spices blend (a little less is ok if pressed for time).

Steps:

• Combine ketchup and bourbon in a small saucepan over medium-high heat.
• Whisk apple cider and cornstarch together in a small bowl until smooth; pour into the saucepan. Bring to a boil, whisking occasionally, and cook until sauce is thickened, about 10 minutes.
• Remove sauce from heat and stir in black pepper; set aside to cool.

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• Beat cream cheese and vanilla in medium bowl with mixer until blended.
• Add sugar gradually, mixing well after each addition.
• Blend in bourbon.

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• Combine the blueberries, basil and bourbon in blender and puree until smooth.
• Transfer the blueberry mixture to the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the whisk attachment and slowly whisk in the sugar. Once the sugar is fully incorporated, turn the mixer up to medium speed and whisk until the mixture is completely smooth.
• Use the glaze on fresh donuts or other pastries.

Steps:

• Melt butter in a saute pan over medium high heat.
• Add onions and sugar; saute for 1 minute.
• Cover pan and reduce heat to med low.
• Simmer onions for about 10 minutes.
• Uncover pan and stir onions, scraping up all the little brown bits of flavor from the bottom of the pan.
• Cook onions, uncovered, until they begin to caramelize.
• Add bourbon, cook until almost all liquid has evaporated, 2 to 3 minutes.
• Transfer onions to a bowl and stir in pecans, sage, salt, and pepper.
• Keep onion mixture warm.
• Season chops with salt and pepper.
• Wipe out saute pan and add oil to pan.
• Add chops to pan and turn burner to med heat.
• Cook chops until browned, about 5 minutes.
• Flip chops, cover pan, reduce heat to low, and cook chops until an instant read thermometer registers 155 near the bone, 7 - 10 minutes.
• Remove chops from pan, tent with foil and let meat rest for 5 minutes.
• Serve each chop with some onions.