Bananas & Pigs
Manage episode 356192236 series 2927514
After a week off, the hardest working beefcakes in the drinks business slide back into the Pod saddle, digging their heels into some hard-nosed aural journalism and whipping up some searing investigative insight - namely the return of bananas to the UK in 1945 and. of course, National Pig Day (only America).
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And how about A Pigs In Blanket Old Fashioned?
Pigs in Blanket Old Fashioned
Ingredients
12 pigs in blanket
70cl of Pork fat-washed whisky
5ml Maple syrup
2 dashes of Angostura Bitters
To make the fat-wash whisky
· Grill the pigs in blanket over a baking tray and collect 30ml of the fat.
· Strain it into a container filled with 70cl of blended Scotch whisky. Leave it to steep in the whisky for 6-8 hours or overnight at room temperature before placing the bottle in the freezer.
· Once the fat has congealed in the bottle, strain the bourbon into a new bottle.
Method:
· Take 40 ml pigs-in-blanket fat-infused whisky and stir in a mixing glass with the maple syrup and ice.
· Add bitters and stir.
· Strain into a child ‘Old Fashioned’ glass filled with ice. Garnish with an orange slice.. Or a pig-in-blanket
While you're waiting for the pig fat to steep in the whisky, here's a video about pigs that play video games.
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