Maple Bacon Martini

🧂 Ingredients

• 1 1/2 pounds maple cured bacon

  standard bacon is fine if you cannot find maple cured
• 750 mL bottle of vodka

  fifth of vodka
• 3/4 cup heavy whipping cream
• 20 ounces chocolate liqueur
• 1/2 cup cold maple syrup
• 1/2 cup turbinado sugar

Instructions

• 1 Pour vodka into a large glass container. Large enough that it will hold the
  whole bottle of vodka plus a pound of cooked bacon.
• 2 Cut 1 pound of the bacon into chunks and fry it up in a pan until it is just
  crispy, be careful not to burn. Remove bacon to a with a slotted spoon placing
  it directly into the vodka. Put in refrigerator or freezer long enough for the
  fat to rise to the top. Remove fat. Allow bacon to infuse with the vodka for a
  minimum of 24 hours. You can leave it on counter top or in refrigerator.
• 3 Strain vodka through a fine sieve back into the vodka bottle after it is done
  infusing.
• 4 Fry up the remaining 1/2 pound of bacon, until crispy. Remove to paper towel
  lined plate. Press bacon with paper towel to make sure you get as much of the
  grease out as possible.
• 5 Chop bacon very fine. You could use a food processor if you want to get it
  finely chopped.
• 6 Turbinado sugar to bacon bits mix together. (note if bacon is too greasy it will
  cause the sugar to dissolve so make sure your bacon is well drained)
• 7 Pour maple syrup onto plate. Place bacon sugar on a plate. Fill martini glasses
  with ice.
• 8 Fill shaker with ice, 2 oz bacon vodka, 2 oz chocolate liqueur, 1 tbsp heavy
  cream. Shake well.
• 9 Remove ice from martini glass, wipe dry, dip the rim in maple syrup and then
  into the bacon sugar, strain bacon martini into prepared glass.

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