Deep Fried Coca-Cola Lawsy Mercy Sunday with Tennessee Whiskey Cream
“Will Sure Nuff have You Whistling Dixie”My dear friend, Lynda Evjen, who is one of the country’s grand hostesses when she’s not on stage or raising money for some noble cause, shared a fried coke recipe with me. Since we both live in the heart of Dixie – right here in Tennessee, I tweaked it just a bit and served it over the 4th to a hot and exhausted group who had just come off the river. Lawsy Mercy is all I can say. They’re all whistling Dixie now and like I always say,” There are only two types of people in this world. . . Southerners and those who wish they were!” Now you can see why.
Fried Coke
1 cup coke
4oz butter
1 cup all-purpose flour
4 large eggs
1 tsp vanilla
4 tbsp cinnamon sugar (2tbsp sugar mixed with 2tbsp cinnamon)
In a sauce pan bring the coke and butter to a vigorous boil. Remove from the heat and add the flour, stirring constantly. Return this paste to low heat and cook until all the flour is incorporated and the dough forms a single ball. Remove the pan from the heat and place the dough in the bowl of a stand mixer to cool. After cooling for about 10 minutes (don’t want to scramble your eggs) turn the mixer on low and add the eggs one at a time, waiting for the previous to be completely incorporated before adding the next. Add the vanilla and mix until smooth.
Preheat your deep fryer to 360 degrees F. Using two spoons drop dough about ½ to 1 teaspoon at a time into the hot oil. Fry for about 5 minutes until golden brown and cooked through. Remove from the oil and place on a cooling rack placed over a cookie sheet. Sprinkle with cinnamon sugar and either enjoy immediately or make the Lawsy Mercy Fried Coke and Tennessee Whiskey Cream Sunday.
Preheat your deep fryer to 360 degrees F. Using two spoons drop dough about ½ to 1 teaspoon at a time into the hot oil. Fry for about 5 minutes until golden brown and cooked through. Remove from the oil and place on a cooling rack placed over a cookie sheet. Sprinkle with cinnamon sugar and either enjoy immediately or make the Lawsy Mercy Fried Coke and Tennessee Whiskey Cream Sunday.
Coca-Cola Syrup
1/4 cup sugar
2 teaspoons cocoa
1/4 can Coca-Cola
1/4 cup butter
1 tablespoon light corn syrup
Dash of cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon vanilla flavoring
In a small saucepan mix together the sugar, cocoa, cinnamon, Coca-Cola, butter and light corn syrup. Cook over medium-high heat stirring constantly. Bring it to a boil and lower the heat a bit. Cook until it thickens up, stirring constantly. Once the mixture thickens, stir in the vanilla flavoring and remove from heat. Allow the Coca-Cola syrup to cool slightly.
Tennessee Whiskey Cream
2 cups heavy whipping cream
2 tbsp simple syrup (equal parts sugar and water heated to create a sugar solution)
1 shot of Gentleman Jack (or Black Jack)
Combine whipping cream, simple syrup and Tennessee whiskey. Pour the mixture into your whipped cream maker and charge. Alternatively you can whip in a mixer until stiff peaks form.
To assemble, add a small amount of syrup to the bottom of a Sunday glass, fill the remainder of the glass with coke beignets. Top with more Coca-Cola syrup and a dollop of Tennessee Whiskey Cream; serve while the beignets are still warm. Enjoy.
