Bring Home the Bacon (cocktail)

This is the legendary Bacon Martini cocktail created by Master Mixologist Heidi Hinkle of Sirio Ristorante at Aria Resort and Casino, Las Vegas, NV.

Ingredients

 * 2 oz. tomato vodka (Crop Harvest Earth recommended)
 * 1 oz. tomato juice
 * 1/4 bar spoon of beef bouillon granules
 * 1 dash of Worcestershire sauce

Directions

 * 1) Combine ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice cubes
 * 2) Shake vigorously and strain into a chilled cocktail glass
 * 3) Sprinkle with ground black pepper and home-made bacon powder (see recipe below)
 * 4) Garnish with Bacon Olive Trio (see recipe below)

Bacon Powder

 * 1) Cook bacon and set aside.
 * 2) Place the bacon fat in a food processor and add 2 parts Tapioca Maltodextrose.
 * 3) Mix at slow speed.

The maltodextrose absorbs the bacon fat and creates the bacon powder.

Bacon Olive Trio

 * 1) Bacon Mousse Olive: Place cream cheese and cooked chopped bacon in food processor, mix until smooth. Place mousse into pastry bag and use it to fill a large, pitted Spanish olive.
 * 2) Deep-Fried Bacon-Wrapped Olive: Wrap a thin slice of raw pancetta around a large Spanish olive, secure with toothpick. Pan-sear the bacon fat until crispy.
 * 3) Prosciutto-Stuffed Olive: Tightly roll thinly sliced prosciutto and insert into a large, pitted Spanish olive.