Thanksgiving Leftovers: Pecan Pie Milkshake

This is actually one of the greatest milkshakes ever. There is plenty of pecan flavor and delicious caramelized goodness. Broken chunks of pie crust are added at the end to keep larger chunks whole.

I love milk shakes occasionally and I love pie unequivocally. This clearly is not a light dessert but it's great and easily shareable among a crowd! I serve a few ounces in a wine glass to finish a meal and people just go wild for it. We had a long discussion of exactly how you could run a pie milkshake food truck and how ridiculously popular it would be.

The ice cream and pie form a deliciously rich and tasty milkshake, bursting with the flavors of pecan pie. The sweet caro sauce and crunchy pecans are well incorporated. It finishes with little chunks of slightly salty pie crust mixed in to give an amazing salty nugget counterpoint.

Sweet sweet České Budějovice

Once again thanks go to Lukaš for showing us his sweet tooth in the form of a wonderful bakery in České Budějovice. He ordered a Sacher torte, his favorite which is a copy of the world famous Sacher Torte from Vienna. It's a chocolate sponge cake covered in a layer of chocolate with a layer of apricot marmalade on the inside.

Supposedly it was invented by order of Prince Metternich. The head cook had taken ill and the task of creating a special dessert for arriving dignitaries fell to Franz Sacher, his 16 year old apprentice. Thus was born the Sacher cake.


I had a honey mousse cake. It was layered with crushed nuts between honey flavored mousse. It was very light and delicate.

Jessie had a banana chocolate cake mousse....tarte... thing. It's hard translating czech. Basically it was a chocolate sponge cake with bananas layered on top with a mouse over them, then the whole thing is covered in a thin layer of good chocolate. Yum.

Lucas was full of interesting stories and showed us a pretty amazing time in České Budějovice. Thanks again buddy!

-NOM!