March 2020 - Cooking with Rum

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                                 Rum-Cheese Wafers

Ingredients:

1 stick of butter

5 oz. jar of Old English cheese

2 Tbsp. dark rum

1 ½ C. flour

½ tsp. sea salt

1 tsp. red pepper flakes

Directions:

Allow butter and Old English cheese to warm to room temperature.  Once both are soft, blend together using a spatula. Mix in the rum, flour, salt and pepper flakes and blend until smooth and mixed well.  Mold mixture into a roll, about 2 inches in diameter.  Wrap in wax paper and place in refrigerator for approximately 3 hours or until roll is firm.

Preheat oven to 350°F.  Slice cheese roll into ¼ inch slices and place on a lightly buttered cookie sheet about ½ inch apart. Bake for 10 minutes or until lightly browned. Serve immediately while warm.  Yields: 36 wafers. Serves 8. 

                         Drunken Cheeseburger Sliders

Ingredients:

1/2 lb. lean ground beef

 ½ lb. ground pork

1 medium white onion, finely chopped

2 Tbsp. butter

3 Tbsp. flour

1/3 C.  + 3 Tbsp. Demerara (Guyana) rum

2 tsp. Worcestershire sauce

½ C. pickle relish, drained

Sea salt and black pepper to taste

6 slider hamburger buns

3 slices Muenster cheese

Directions:

Sauté both meats and onion in butter until lightly browned.  Sprinkle flour of meat and blend together.  Add 1/3 cup of rum and stir until mixture thickens and begins to boil. Remove from heat and add Worcestershire sauce, relish, seasonings and remaining rum.  Pour mixture into the six bottom sides of slider hamburger buns, then place half of a slice of cheese on top of the mixture and cover with the top part of buns.

Place all six slider burgers onto a pan and cover.  Bake at 350°F for 25 minutes then place pan in broiler for 1-2 minutes to crisp the tops of buns.  Serves 6.