Thought I'd post this, just getting into the spirit of the season!
I received this recipe for homemade Baileys from a friend, and since we had some cheap cooking whisky in the cupboard, we thought we might as well give it a go!
Dissolve 33g good dark chocolate in Bain Marie with 1/6th cup of sugar.
Add 1Tsp vanilla extract and 1/8th cup of very,very strong coffee.
Remove from heat and gently whisk in 1/2Pint of thick cream
Add 3/4 cup of whisky.
Bottle and keep in Fridge up to two months. First impressions? It's not half bad!! It's never going to be mistaken for the real thing, but it's good enough to get the general idea, and I can tell you now that there's no danger of it lasting more than the claimed two month shelf life!!
The key variable seems to be the amount of coffee added, so adjust that to taste.
Happy Christmas everybody!