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30 recipes that are a little bit boozy

Got some dregs lurking in the depths of your liquor cabinet? Use up those nearly-empty bottles in these sauces, marinades and desserts.

30 recipes
Jill Dupleix's Bourbon BBQ meatloaf.

Bourbon barbecue meatloaf

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Jill Dupleix
Camarones borrachos.

Camarones borrachos recipe (drunken prawns with mezcal tomato sauce)

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Neil Perry
Penne with lobster and prosciutto.
EASY

Penne with lobster and proscuitto (and cognac)

  • < 30 mins
  • Neil Perry
Sticky, slow-cooked Campari pork ribs.

Dan Lepard's slow-cooked Campari ribs recipe

  • 2 hrs +
  • Dan Lepard
Bloody mary inspired beef sausage rolls with vodka spiked relish.

Bloody mary sausage rolls with vodka-spiked relish

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
Add a splash of vodka to your pasta sauce.
EASY

Pasta with tomato vodka sauce, chilli and burrata

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
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Gin and oregano lamb leg with roasted lettuce.

Gin and oregano lamb leg with roasted lettuce

  • 1-2 hrs
Neil Perry's piri-piri chicken
EASY

Neil Perry's piri-piri chicken with whisky in the marinade

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Neil Perry
Bloody Mary prawn cocktail
EASY

Bloody mary prawn cocktail

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Oysters with a 'gin and tonic' dressing.
EASY

Gin and tonic oysters

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Babas

Rum babas with cream

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Neil Perry
Adam Liaw's banana foster recipe for Mother's Day.
EASY

Bananas Foster with walnuts and rum

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Adam Liaw's orange and ginger rum cakes.

Adam Liaw's orange, Cointreau, ginger and rum cakes

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Adam Liaw
Whisky caramel pie recipe.

Whisky caramel pie recipe

  • 2 hrs +
  • Adam Liaw
Three Blue Ducks' "too good to share" chocolate and walnut brownie with whisky cream.
EASY

Chocolate walnut brownie with hazelnut whisky cream

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Darren Robertson and Mark LeBrooy
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Botanical gin trifle with lemon curd and meringue.

Botanical gin and tonic trifle with G&T jelly, gin lemon curd and whipped gin cream

  • 2 hrs +
  • Katrina Meynink
Chocolate and vanilla puddings

Chocolate and vanilla puddings with whisky or brandy

  • < 30 mins
  • Brigitte Hafner
Helen Goh's Irish coffee cake recipe.

Irish coffee cake with Bailey's mascarpone filling

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Helen Goh
Campari and blood orange jubes.

Karen Martini's Campari and blood orange jubes

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Karen Martini
Jill Dupleix Cumquat and tequila marmalade.

Cumquat and tequila marmalade

  • 2 hrs +
Chilled custard with boozy cherries.

Spiced creme brulee with bourbon laced cherries

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Katrina Meynink
Danielle Alvarez's milk-soaked cake decorated with soft Swiss meringue and dulce de leche.

Banana, caramel and rum tres leches cake

  • 2 hrs +
  • Danielle Alvarez
Rumberry sundae.
EASY

Rumberry sundae

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Apple crumble meets G&T.

Gin and tonic apple crumble

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
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Beetroot salmon with warm potato, tomato and mint

Beetroot and vodka salmon fillets with warm potato salad

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Jill Dupleix
Bloody Mary pork scotch egg with tomato-Tabasco relish.

Bloody Mary pork scotch eggs

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
Dark chocolate and orange tart.

Dark chocolate and orange tart with Cointreau

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Karen Martini
Gin & Juice

'Gin & Juice': Watermelon and mint granita, gin-lime ice-cream, ginger biscuit

  • 2 hrs +
  • Shane Delia
Rum and raisin bread and butter pudding.

Rum and raisin croissant bread and butter pudding

  • 2 hrs +
  • Luke Mangan
Individual marmalade and whisky puddings.

Buttermilk puddings with whisky and marmalade

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Helen Goh

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