My camera is refusing to capture the pink tones of this drink.
A while ago, my favorite fancy watering hole had this dessert drink that I loved. Description said - Cognac, Tawny Port, raspberry rhubarb syrup, cream, and pink chocolate.
I haven’t tried to recreate it at home as every bottle of tawny port I’ve seen has been $40 and I am too lazy to make the syrup.
But, tonight was awesome. We bought a computer for my wife at Costco, 2+ years ago. It kept crashing and I kept rebuilding it, but we got tired and bought her a new one. Costco actually accepted the return as long as I provided evidence of contacting the concierge. So, $540 back, yay. Aaaaand, they had Tawny Port for $17. This covered all the parts I bought for my PC day before yesterday, with money to spare.
So, I bought a nice bottle of Chianti, had some leftover with wifey as we’re going out tomorrow, and I made this:
1 part Cognac
1 part Tawny Port
1 part half and half (recipe calls for cream and I had none)
1 part simple syrup + 1/2 part Chambord for that raspberry taste
Stir the daylight out of it with ice, strain, and shave Ruby Cocoa chocolate on top for garnish. Yum!