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(Courtesy Sierra Nevada Brewing)
For the last year we’ve been featuring our favorite “Cooking with Beer” recipes every weekend.
And we thought it might be time to showcase some sweet “blasts from the past,” all of them made with some of our favorite craft Stouts and Porters.
Sierra Nevada Narwhal Stout Flourless Peanut Butter & Chocolate Cakes
This recipe comes our way from Chico, California-based Sierra Nevada Brewing and it uses the brewery’s 11.9% ABV Barrel-Aged Narwhal Imperial Stout, an aggressive yet refined malt-forward masterpiece from a brewery more commonly known for its Pale Ales and IPAs.
Amazingly this Peanut Butter & Chocolate Cake doesn’t use flour, it’s all about whipping the eggs into shape.
(Courtesy Founders Brewing)
Founders Chocolate Porter Tart
It’s an ageless debate. Is there any real difference between Porters and Stouts? We come down on the side that they’re pretty interchangeable, (especially in the American craft beer world).
This Chocolate Porter Tart recipe comes our way from Justin Golinski, Culinary Director at Founders Brewing in Grand Rapids, Michigan. And it uses the brewery’s award-winning Founders Porter, a 6.5 % ABV silky black ale with sweet chocolate notes and a caramel malt presence that’s conveniently available year-round.
This from Chef Golinski…
“For some, the kitchen can be the most intimidating room of the house. Let’s change all that. This recipe is super easy, and forgiving (we’re talking chocolate here, people). The best part? There’s a bit of leftover beer for you to enjoy while you’re baking at home.”
(Courtesy Beer Institute)
This delicious party pleaser, which comes our way from the Beer Institute, a national trade organization that advocates for big and small brewers, was created for them by Chef Laurent Aubel.
Although the recipe calls for any stout, we used Lakewood Temptress Imperial Milk Stout, a delicious 9.1% ABV Milk Stout with a thick creamy head, sweet chocolate, caramel and vanilla notes and a warm complexity that grows deeper with every sip
Lakewood’s Imperial Stout’s dark complexity really inform Chef Laurent Aubel’s party-ready recipe…But if you can’t find Temptress, most imperial stouts will do.
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