While your hubby may be focusing on the NCAA Brackets – we’re gonna take part in the Betty Brackets! We’ll be featuring a new fave recipe from Betty Crocker’s 16 Recipe Betty Bracket Program daily…and you don’t even have to be a basketball fan to thoroughly enjoy this bracket !
They say that beer is becoming the new wine. With the growing trend of beer as a cooking ingredient, combined with the rise of the craft beer industry, the variety of foods and beers available to consumers has never been more diverse and flavorful.
Combining these trends, along with the impending March Madness (NCAA basketball tournament), is the second annual “Betty Bracket” program presented by Betty Crocker and sports-loving actor and popular TV personality Mario Lopez.
The Betty Brackets program creates the ultimate recipe tip-off between eight savory “Beer Meets Bar Food” recipes and eight sweet “Beer Meets Bakery” recipes. Each of the recipes features beer as an ingredient to provide a unique flavor and to help deliver the perfect assist to any viewing party. During three rounds of voting, you cancast your vote online to determine the nation’s top party food.
The sweet and savory brackets are made up of four smaller brackets – “Cheesetastic”, “Meaty Eats”, “Chocolate!”, and “Sweet Treats” – and include ideas like Beer Queso Nachos and Black and Tan Beer Pops, which plays upon the current craze for frozen pops. Also, just in time for St. Patrick’s Day, there are four new chocolate stout recipes that capitalize on the festive flavor of Guinness and other stout beers.
Some interesting tips about cooking with beer:
Beer has a tenderizing effect and is a perfect matchup for meat-based recipes
Beer helps keep baked good moist and fresh, while adding a little extra puff
The beer flavors will be enhanced in those recipes with a longer cooking time
Craft beers are ideal as a cooking ingredient due to the quality and variety of flavors available
And of course, we’ve selected the Beer Meets Bakery Bracket to get started, featuring Betty’s Chocolate Bracket and the Sweet Treats Bracket to share with you…hmmm…wonder why ?
I love this recipe because it has minimal ingredient requirements and is time and budget friendly !
Dark Chocolate Stout Cream Pie – Stout beer adds big flavor in this dark and rich chocolate cream pie.
PREP TIME:
30 min
SERVINGS:
8
INGREDIENTS:
Crust:
1 Pillsbury® refrigerated pie crust, softened as directed on box
Filling:
1 3/4 cups whole milk
1/2 cup stout beer
1 box (6-serving size) chocolate pudding and pie filling mix (not instant)
1 1/2 cups semisweet chocolate chips
Topping:
1 1/2 cups whipping cream
2 tablespoons powdered sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
STEP 1:
Heat oven to 450°F. Make pie crust as directed on box for One-Crust Baked Shell, using 9-inch glass pie plate. Cool completely, about 15 minutes.
STEP 2:
Meanwhile, in 2-quart saucepan, cook milk, beer and pudding mix over medium heat 5 to 8 minutes or until mixture comes to a full boil, stirring constantly. Remove from heat. Stir in chocolate chips until melted and smooth. Pour into medium bowl; cover surface of pudding with plastic wrap. Refrigerate about 2 hours or until cold.
STEP 3:
Spoon and spread pudding mixture evenly into crust. Refrigerate at least 4 hours until set.
STEP 4:
Just before serving, in chilled medium bowl, beat topping ingredients with electric mixer on high speed until soft peaks form. Spread over top of pie. Garnish with chocolate shavings, if desired. Store covered in refrigerator.
As usual with the recipes in the Betty Brackets, all I can say is ….Yum !! And don’t forget to get Coupons for your ingredients in our COUPON DATABASE
Will you be testing this one out ?
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