This unusual martini requires some forward planning but it is worth the wait. This recipe makes 3-4 generous martinis.
Ingredients
1 bottle of quality vodka (375ml)
3 bars of TCHO “chocolatey” chocolate (50-60g each)
4 luscious fresh strawberries or 4 curled lemon rinds or 4 large green olives
Directions
1. Infuse a small bottle (375 ml) of vodka with TCHO chocolate by breaking up a TCHO chocolate bar into segments small enough to stuff into the bottle of vodka. About 50-60 grams of TCHO chocolate is plenty for a 375 ml of vodka. The “chocolatey” TCHO flavor works best. Let the mixture stand at room temperature for 3-4 days.
2. Prepare your garnish of choice. Here are three options:
a. TCHO chocolate and nibs stuffed olives
Temper TCHO chocolate and stir in some roasted cacao nibs. Using large green olives, push out and discard the pimento. Wash the olives and let them dry. Stuff them with the tempered TCHO chocolate and nibs mixture. Let the mixture cool and harden.
b. Strawberries dipped in TCHO chocolate
Wash and dry small or medium sized ripe strawberries. Temper TCHO chocolate. Making sure that the strawberries are room temperature and dry (water is an enemy of chocolate), dip the strawberries into the chocolate. Let the chocolate cool and harden around the strawberry.
c. Wash a lemon and peel the rind into curls. Let the curls dry. Temper TCHO Chocolate and dip the end of the lemon rind curls. Let the chocolate harden around the lemon curl.
3. Temper a bar of TCHO chocolate. Using a knife tip or even a toothpick, dip your “brush” into the melted chocolate and “paint” designs or drizzle the chocolate on the inside of room temperature martini glasses. Let the “painted” chocolate harden and chill the glasses in preparation for the TCHOtini.
4. For each martini, pour 3 oz of the TCHO-infused vodka and .5 oz of dry vermouth into an ice filled martini shaker. Shake vigorously and pour into the TCHO-designed chilled martini glasses. Decorate with your favorite TCHO garnish.
5. Sip, enjoy and remember to drink responsibly.
The perfect TCHOtini
This unusual martini requires some forward planning but it is worth the wait. This recipe makes 3-4 generous martinis.
Ingredients
1 bottle of quality vodka (375ml)
3 bars of TCHO “chocolatey” chocolate (50-60g each)
4 luscious fresh strawberries or 4 curled lemon rinds or 4 large green olives
Directions
1. Infuse a small bottle (375 ml) of vodka with TCHO chocolate by breaking up a TCHO chocolate bar into segments small enough to stuff into the bottle of vodka. About 50-60 grams of TCHO chocolate is plenty for a 375 ml of vodka. The “chocolatey” TCHO flavor works best. Let the mixture stand at room temperature for 3-4 days.
2. Prepare your garnish of choice. Here are three options:
3. Temper a bar of TCHO chocolate. Using a knife tip or even a toothpick, dip your “brush” into the melted chocolate and “paint” designs or drizzle the chocolate on the inside of room temperature martini glasses. Let the “painted” chocolate harden and chill the glasses in preparation for the TCHOtini.
4. For each martini, pour 3 oz of the TCHO-infused vodka and .5 oz of dry vermouth into an ice filled martini shaker. Shake vigorously and pour into the TCHO-designed chilled martini glasses. Decorate with your favorite TCHO garnish.
5. Sip, enjoy and remember to drink responsibly.
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