FOOD & BEV WITH THE DUNHAMS
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Welcome to the Food & Bev with the Dunhams Blog. We are so excited to share some of our favorite food and drink recipes from the restaurant (and maybe some that aren’t!) We’ll provide the recipes (minus the ridiculous amounts of scrolling), and humor while you do the creating! Feel free to reach out and ask for specific recipes y’all want to see on the blog and post and tag us on social media with your successes!
Cheers!
Chip & Amanda Dunham
It's time for a Garden Party!!
Every other week we will post a cocktail recipe, get to the liquor store and stock up. This week we’re making Butternut Squash Bourbon!
All right this week I’m featuring our most requested past list cocktail! It has featured on out cocktail list a few different times, with a different name each time. The Garden Party is just a fantastic cocktail, the worst part is I can’t even take the full credit for it; Taylor Mitchell our beloved bartender who now has an adult job, is the original creator of this bad boy. The only down side to this cocktail is that you have to wait for the bourbon to infuse, but I promise it is worth it!!!
This cocktail has more parts, so if you get hung up any where feel free to email us Amanda can help you trouble shoot!
The Prep (Don’t stress its easier than you think)
The Bourbon
Step 1: Take a butternut squash peel the outside and cut it in half, remove the seeds from the inside
Step 2: Cut the squash into half inch strips
Step 3: Roast the squash in the oven until cooked (soft) and has a caramelized color
Step 4: Let squash cool
Step 5: Once cool add squash and bourbon to a large bowl
Step 6: Let sit for 4 days
Step 7: After the 4 days strain the squash and pour bourbon back into the bottle
The Simple Syrup
1 cup granulated sugar
1 cup water
1/2 tbsp 5 spice
Step 1: In a sauce pot combine the three ingredients and cook until sugar has dissolved in the water
Step 2: Remove from stove and cool
Step 3: Reserve in the refrigerator for cocktail time
The Ingredients (for a single cocktail)
2 oz Butternut Squash Bourbon
.75 5 Spice Simple Syrup
3 Dashes Walnut Bitters
Batch It Babe (5 Cocktails)
10 oz Buternut Squash Bournbon
3.75 oz 5 Spice Simple Syrup
15 Dashes of Walnut Bitters
How it’s done
Step 1: Add butternut squash bourbon, bitters & simple syrup to a pint glass
Step 2: Add ice to pint glass & stir for 30 seconds
Step 3: Strain ice and pour into a rocks glass with one large ice cube (or how ever you prefer your drinks)
Drink up Babes!!
Amanda