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Beef Tallow Chocolate Tortes with Bourbon-Salted Caramel Sauce

Try this flourless chocolate dessert recipe with one special ingredient, Beef tallow. Let's not forget to mention the Bourbon-Salted Caramel Sauce.

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Ingredients:

  • 1/2 cup beef tallow
  • 10 ounces bittersweet chocolate (60-70% cocoa)
  • 1/3 cup cinnamon cream rum liqueur
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 4 eggs
  • 1/2 cup sugar
Bourbon-Salted Caramel Sauce:
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 cup heavy cream
  • 3 tablespoons bourbon
  • 1 teaspoon sea salt, additional for garnish

Cooking:

  1. Melt beef tallow and chocolate in small sauce pan over low heat. Remove from heat; stir in rum and vanilla. Set aside 10 minutes to cool.
    2. Cook's Tip: You can find beef tallow in the baking section of your grocery store.
  2. Whip eggs and sugar in stand mixer on medium high speed 5 to 7 minutes until frothy. Lower speed and slowly drizzle in warm chocolate mixture. 
  3. Preheat oven to 275°F. Coat eight 6-ounce silicone cups or glass baking dishes with cooking spray; evenly divide batter. Bake in preheated 275°F oven 20 to 25 minutes, or until the cake middle doesn't jiggle. Let cakes cool completely before turning out.
    4. Cook's Tip: You may use a parchment-lined 9-inch springform pan coated with cooking spray instead of individual molds. Increase bake time as needed.
  4. Meanwhile, heat sugar in 10-inch skillet over medium heat. When sugar edges start to turn a caramel color, slowly stir with wooden spoon for 5 to 7 minutes until all sugar has dissolved. Slowly and carefully add cream, bourbon and salt. Mixture may bubble and spit; stir until combined. Lower heat and cook an additional 10 minutes until sauce is smooth and thick. Sauce will thicken as it cools.
  5. Drizzle Bourbon-Salted Caramel Sauce over cooled cakes. Garnish with sea salt, as desired. 

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Beef Checkoff

Bourbon Blueberry & Brie Bacon Cheeseburger

Brian Capps of Louisville, KY, has been crowned the 2021 Derby Burger Champion in the 10th Annual Derby Burger Challenge. Capps’ burger, made with 100% Kentucky Cattlemen’s ground beef is packed with flavor. The patty is topped with brie, thick-cut bacon, a blueberry bourbon sauce and arugula - all on a brioche bun.

Ingredients

  • 1 pound Kentucky Cattlemen’s Ground Beef
  • 4 Slices Bacon, thick sliced
  • 1/4 inch Sliced Brie Cheese, rind removed
  • 1 pint Fresh Blueberries
  • 1 Lemon, halved
  • 1/8 cup White Sugar
  • 2 tsp. Cornstarch
  • 1 1/2 tsp. Bourbon
  • 2 Brioche Buns
  • 2 Tbsp. Salted Butter
  • Arugula 
  • ¼ tsp. Kosher Salt
  • ¼ tsp. Black Pepper

Recipe

1. Form Two Patties and Set Aside.

2. Preheat your skillet over medium high heat. Add butter, and sliced buns. Cook until golden brown, set aside.

3. Salt and pepper both sides of the burger patty, cook over medium high heat. Cook until internal temperature of 160°F (USDA recommended), add cheese before taking off heat until melted.

4. Add blueberries, sugar, and lemon juice into a small pot. Cook on medium to low heat for 5-7 minutes, stirring occasionally. Mix cornstarch with water to make a slurry. Slowly add your slurry mixture to thicken blueberry sauce. Remove mixture from heat and stir in your bourbon.

5. Build your burger. Place your burger patty with melted cheese, cooked bacon, blueberry sauce on the bottom bun. Top the burger with arugula and add the top bun.

6. Enjoy!

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