I wanted to come up with a way to add smoked items to bar menus. I have made Smoke Roasted Almonds and love them. The problem is that they aren’t all that interesting. I was talking to someone while bellied up at a bar about cocktails. He was drinking Scotch on the rocks and I was drinking a Manhattan. I explained that I love smoked food but really never cared for the smoky flavor in Scotch. I thought, hey why don’t I try smoking some Makers Mark and make a Manhattan with it. This stuck on my mind for a while. I thought it was a great idea but maybe not the best drink to do it with. I decided I would find away to infuse the ice with smoke so I could try a few cocktails. The best by far was the Bloody Mary, so that’s what I took pictures of.
Adding a smoky flavor to cocktails such as a Bloody Mary separates you as a bar. As the cubes melt, more of the smoky flavor is released into the drink. This encourages you to take your time and enjoy every sip as the drink evolves.
INGREDIENTS
o 5Lb Cubed Ice
o 1c Hickory Wood Chips
PREPARING THE ICE:
- Place the ice in a perforated pan on one of the upper trays.
- Under the perforated pan place a hotel pan to catch the water.
SMOKING THE ICE:
- Smoke the ice for 120 minutes.
- The heat from the smoke will slowly melt the ice into the lower hotel pan.
- As the ice drips it will become infused with smoke flavor.
- Dilute this mixture with fresh water at a ratio of 4 parts clean to 1 part smoked
- Refreeze in trays for cubed ice.
A great Bloody Mary recipe to add this ice to
8 oz good tomato juice
3 oz vodka
1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
1/4 tsp celery salt
1 celery stalk
1 tbsp Sanford’s Kitchen All American Hot Sauce
fresh lime wedge
fresh ground black pepper
Serve over Smoked Ice and garnish with the lime, celery stalk, and ground pepper.
This makes such a delicious drink with a very unexpected flavor. This recipe was made with an FWE / Food Warming Equipment Cook and Hold with Smoker
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