Cooking with Beer Recipes

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Tag: breakfast


Cranberry Beer Bread with Orange Glaze

The holiday season is fully upon us! Which means I’ll be spending a lot of time in the kitchen in the coming days. Tonight I’m making homemade eggnog (with brandy of course) and tomorrow is all about the baked goods. There will also be lots of holiday music and a fair amount of dancing. Holiday cooking […]

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Stuffed Wheat Beer French Toast with Mascarpone, Orange Zest, and Pistachios

Can I take a moment to talk about the weather? Winter is new to me. I never owned a wool coat until I moved to Brooklyn. I never carried hand warmers and a knit cap or knew what salt stains were. But I love it. I love watching the snow fall and cover everything in […]

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Beer Braised Pork Belly with Sweet Potato and Brussels Sprout Hash

Recently I wrote an article about Hosting a Craft Beer Inspired Holiday Brunch for CraftBeer.com which featured pairing ideas and two new recipes. You can check it out here! Brunch is easily my favorite meal because it combines the best aspects of breakfast and dinner and isn’t meant to be fussy. The recipe for braised pork belly hash that […]

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Baked French Toast with Eggnog and Bourbon Barrel Aged Stout topped with Pecan Crumble

Holiday Brunch is a longstanding tradition in my family. Every year, we eat breakfast as a family and then open presents in our pajamas. That tradition hasn’t changed, even though we celebrated Christmas in the beginning of December this year to avoid traveling over the holidays. This year my mom prepared a feast of bacon […]

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Breakfast Stout French Toast stuffed with Bourbon Cream Cheese Frosting

I’ve been cleaning out my fridge in preparation for vacation. There are jars and containers galore filled with sauces, grated cheeses, and more from kitchen experiments, last week’s dinner, and recent blog posts. One such container was filled with leftover bourbon cream cheese frosting from a batch of pumpkin whoopie pies. I definitely made too much. Oops! […]

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Pan Fried Shrimp with Blistered Tomatoes and Andouille Sausage over Cheddar Grits

When I first saw Flying Dog’s Dead Rise at the bottle shop, I knew I had to try it. A beer brewed with McCormick’s Old Bay seasoning? It sounded odd, but intriguing. To my surprise, it was incredibly well-balanced: light and refreshing with some lemon notes and just enough celery salt to remind you there’s Old Bay […]

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