Why Not?

There are areas of my life in which I am a linear thinker and others – not so much. My coconut milk + bourbon combo is the latter, for sure.

1)   I had cans of coconut milk in my pantry from something I didn’t cook that kept starring me in the face.

2)  I was having a conversation about a gin I like, Bombay East. I’m not a fan of gin; though this pour had me reassess if I can make that statement anymore.

3)  They are calling for snow and the young prince is turning my house into Lord of the Flies.  The dog and I cry “UNCLE”.

I finally decided to do something with the coconut milk. Ever since I went to the @BourbonHouse in NOLA and tasted bourbon milk; I’ve been planning to recreate it. This isn’t that. It is a coconut warm drink. An added bonus - hazelnuts!

I roasted hazelnuts and then blended them with the coconut milk. Labor intensive is an understatement and messy. Soaking the raw hazelnuts overnight in the milk was the easy part. Extracting the hazelnut milk from the nuts - whoa. Think cheesecloth and a fine sieve…and repeat. My sister tells me all the time I make fussy recipes when I cook - evidently that applies to cocktail making too!

In a word - meh. It’s ok. I would LOVE to say I hit it out of the park with this one, I didn’t. What I like is the coconut milk. I used a high proof bourbon and it mellowed a bit. I also liked the that I warmed it; though honestly, the cold coconut milk with hazelnut flavor was a hit with the young prince. However, I over did it with the hazelnuts. The flavor just overpowers everything. It’s the first thing to hit your nose and your taste buds. I like hazelnuts but it was just a bit much. Thank goodness I only used an ounce of my good bourbon. 😉

Would I make it again? Yes. Though I’ll use @Frangelico and skip the roasting raw hazelnuts step. I bet that will be tasty! And certainly way less messy.

Recipe

Cheers,
~Kimberly Elise

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