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.