March 2021 - Cooking With Rum

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                                        Dizzy Minestrone

Ingredients:

  • 4 Large White Onions, finely chopped
  • 3 Tbsp. Butter
  • ½ C. Angel Hair Pasta, broken into small pieces
  • 3 Tbsp. Tomato Paste
  • 1 ½ Quarts Chicken Stock
  • ¼ C. Dark Rum
  • Ground Black Pepper, to taste
  • Optional:  Chopped Green Onion, for garnish

Directions:

  1. In a saucepan, sauté onions with butter, until soft.  
  2. Add the pasta and cook until lightly browned, stirring often.  
  3. Add the rest of the ingredients and bring to a boil.  
  4. Reduce heat and simmer for about 10 minutes.  
  5. Serve with grated Parmesan cheese.  Serves 6.

                                            Drunken Cod

Ingredients:

  • ½ C. Flour
  • 6 Tbsp. Butter
  • 4 Medium Size Filets of Cod
  • 1 C. Grapes, seedless
  • 2 Tbsp. Dark Rum
  • 4 Dashes Angostura Bitters
  • Cilantro for garnish

Directions:

  • Lightly flour each filet of cod.  
  • In a saucepan, melt the butter and sauté fish until cooked.  
  • Remove fish from pan and place on a heated serving platter.  
  • Leave the remaining butter in the saucepan and add the grapes and cook for about 2 minutes over medium heat.  
  • Add the rum and bitters and heat.  Pour sauce over fish and serve immediately.  
  • Garnish with chopped Cilantro.  Serves 4.