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I first started hammering out these recipes immediately following the release of
Top Secret Restaurant Recipes,
so what you have here is the culmination of work that spans a decade. The process is time-consuming and tedious, and I resisted releasing this book before it contained the very best collection of clone recipes I could muster. Within the mix are many recipes that required repeated tooling over 6 months or more before I finally struck gold. If a recipe doesn’t pierce the bull’s-eye, I keep shooting until I score. If the final product isn’t a direct hit, that recipe doesn’t make the cut. Because of this strict process, I believe in my formulas, and I’m confident that you will find the results rewarding.
If you’d like additional input on these recipes, check out the
Top Secret Recipes
website (
www.TopSecretRecipes.com
), where fellow clone rangers have added their comments and suggestions for many of these formulas. The important thing is to enjoy the creative freedom you now have with this collection. Cooking at home means having the liberty to experiment with a variety of ingredients, and the ability to customize recipes to suit varying tastes and dietary requirements. I encourage you to make these recipes uniquely yours.
Until next time, I’ll be down here in the top secret underground lab, dissecting away, to come up with another big batch of recipes that helps you create kitchen clones of America’s favorite brand-name foods. Happy cloning!
APPLEBEE’S MUD SLIDE
MENU DESCRIPTION:
“Bury your sweet tooth with smooth Kahlua, creamy vanilla ice cream, whipped cream and rich Hershey’s chocolate syrup.”
 
Sure, there’s a little Kahlua in there, but this famous Applebee’s drink is more dessert than cocktail, really And the presentation will make you look like a pro because you spiral the chocolate syrup around the inside the glass before adding the drink. It looks cool and it’s easy to do ... even after you’ve had a couple. Grab a straw and prepare to crave another when this one’s gone. No wonder this drink also comes in a larger size.
2 cups vanilla ice cream
2 ounces Kahlua coffee liqueur
Hershey’s chocolate syrup (in a
squirt bottle)
canned whipped cream
1. Measure 2 cups of ice cream into your blender. Add the Kahlua and blend until smooth.
2. Prepare a 16-ounce wine glass by swirling chocolate syrup around the inside of the glass. Hold the wine glass by the stem with one hand and twirl the wine glass as you squeeze the chocolate. Slowly move the chocolate up toward the rim of the glass so that the chocolate makes a continuous spiral around the inside of the glass.
3. Pour the drink from the blender into the glass, Add a pile of whipped cream to the top of the drink and drizzle additional chocolate syrup over the whipped cream. Add a straw and serve.
• MAKES I DRINK.
APPLEBEE’S PERFECT APPLE MARGARITA
Here’s a great twist on the traditional margarita. Sour apple schnapps and apple juice join forces with tequila and sweet and sour mix in a martini glass that’s rimmed with cinnamon sugar Hey, it’s like drinking apple pie! This recipe makes one drink, but it’s easy to double up. That’s a good thing, since it seems like one is never enough.
2 tablespoons granulated sugar
¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 ounce Sauza Hornitos tequila
1 ounce DeKuyper Sour Apple
Pucker schnapps
2 ounces sweet-and-sour mix
2 ounces cold apple juice
GARNISH
olive
lime wedge
1. Mix sugar and cinnamon together in a small bowl, then pour the mixture onto a saucer or small plate. Moisten a napkin or clean towel with water. Run the wet napkin around the rim of the martini glass. Invert the glass and dip the moistened rim into the cinnamon/sugar. Set the glass aside for now.
2. Drop a handful of ice into a cocktail shaker.
3. Add the tequila, schnapps, sweet-and-sour, and apple juice. Shake vigorously
4. Strain drink into the prepared martini glass, spear an olive and small lime wedge on a toothpick and drop it in the drink, and serve it up along with the shaker if there’s any left over.
• SERVES 1.
APPLEBEE’S PERFECT SUNRISE
Applebee’s latest cocktail creation is a tasty warm-weather companion. The combination of tequilas, juices and syrups is served up in a chilled martini glass as the perfect re-creation of the classic tequila sunrise.
1¼ ounces 1800 Silver tequila
¼ ounce 1800 Reposado tequila
½ ounce simple syrup (see
Tidbits)
½ ounce lime juice
1½ ounces sweet-and-sour mix
4 ounces orange juice
½
ounce grenadine
GARNISH
maraschino cherry
1. Fill a 10-ounce martini glass with ice and add cold water to chill the glass.
2. Drop a handful of ice into a shaker Add tequilas, simple syrup, lime juice, sweet-and-sour and orange juice. Shake well.
3. Dump ice water out of the glass and strain the drink into it.
4. Drop a maraschino cherry into the drink and serve it up with the grenadine on the side in a shot glass.
• MAKES I DRINK.
 
TIDBITS
 
Make simple syrup by combining equal parts hot water and granulated sugar. Stir until sugar is dissolved. Allow syrup to cool before using. Simple.
APPLEBEE’S ONION PEELS
MENU DESCRIPTION:
“Crisp-fried tender onion strips served with a creamy horseradish dipping sauce.”
 
This signature appetizer from Applebee’s is the chain’s reaction to overwhelming success of Outback’s Bloomin’ Onion and Chili’s Awesome Blossom. But, while accurate kitchen cloning of a Bloomin’ Onion requires a special slicing device, cloning Onion Peels requires only the most basic kitchen prep and tools: Slice the onion, separate the slices, dip the slices in batter and fry. Just remember to make the essential horseradish dipping sauce in advance so that the ingredients can mingle and really get to know one another as they chill out in the fridge.
CREAMY HORSERADISH DIPPING SAUCE
½ cup mayonnaise
1 tablespoon prepared
horseradish
2 teaspoons white vinegar
1 teaspoon water
1 teaspoon paprika
1 teaspoon ketchup
¼ teaspoon medium grind black
pepper
⅛ teaspoon dried oregano
⅛ teaspoon cayenne pepper
dash garlic powder
dash onion powder
 
6 to 10 cups vegetable shortening
(as required by fryer)
1 large white onion
BATTER
½ cup all-purpose flour
½ cup Progresso plain
breadcrumbs
½ teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon ground black pepper
1 ½ cups milk
1. Make horseradish dipping sauce by combining ingredients in a medium bowl with a whisk. Mix until creamy then cover and chill the sauce.
2. Heat the shortening to 350 degrees in a deep fryer.
3. Slice the stem end and the root end off onion, then, with the onion resting on a flat side, cut down through the onion, slicing it in half. Slice each half 4 to 5 more times in a spoke fashion to create wedges of onion. Separate the onion pieces.
4. Create batter by combining all dry ingredients in a medium bowl. Whisk in milk until batter is smooth then let the batter sit for 5 minutes. It should thicken. Whisk batter again.
5. When the oil is hot dip each onion piece in the batter, let some of the batter drip off then drop the coated onion piece carefully into the hot oil. Fry 8 to 12 peels at a time for I to 2 minutes or until light brown. Drain on a rack or paper towels. Repeat until the onion is used up, stacking the newer batches on top of the old ones to keep them warm. When they’re all done, serve the fried onion slices on a plate or in a paper-lined basket with horseradish dipping sauce on the side.
• Serves 4 TO 6.
 
TIDBITS
 
While shortening works best for this recipe, you may also fry these with vegetable oil or canola oil.
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