In the Late Afternoon
Ingredients
Serves 1
1¼ oz (37 ml) Tio Pepe Fino Sherry
½ oz (15 ml) Vecchia Romagna Brandy
¼ oz (7 ml) Pernod
1 oz (30 ml) Spiced Apricot Jam Syrup
1 oz (30 ml) lemon juice
½ oz (15 ml) simple syrup
4 dashes Bittered Sling Kensington Bitters or other aromatic bitters
lemon slice and star anise, for garnish
Instructions
- In a cocktail shaker with ice, combine all ingredients. Shake, then strain into a rocks glass over fresh ice. Garnish with lemon and star anise.
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South of the Boulevard
Ingredients
Serves 1
1 oz (30 ml) Los Siete Misterios Mezcal
½ oz (15 ml) Cinzano Rosso Vermouth
½ oz (15 ml) Montenegro Amaro
¼ oz (7 ml) Campari
4 dashes Ms. Better’s Pineapple Star Anise Bitters (optional)
orange twist, for garnish
Instructions
- In a mixing glass with ice, combine all ingredients. Stir and strain into a rocks glass over a large ice cube. Garnish with an orange twist.
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In the Shadows
Ingredients
Serves 1
½ oz (15 ml) Kahlúa Coffee Liqueur
1 oz (30 ml) The Kraken Black Roast Coffee Rum
crushed ice, to serve
1½ oz (45 ml) Forty Creek Nanaimo Bar Cream Liqueur
½ oz (15 ml) half-and-half cream
Instructions
- In the bottom of a Collins glass, combine Kahlúa and rum. Fill glass with crushed ice. In a cocktail shaker with cubed ice, combine Nanaimo Bar Cream Liqueur with cream and shake vigorously. Strain into glass over crushed ice and top with more crushed ice, if needed.
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Margarita
Ingredients
Serves 1
coarse kosher salt, for garnish
1 lime wedge
1½ oz (45 ml) Patrón Silver Tequila
1 oz (30 ml) Cointreau
1 oz (30 ml) lime juice
lime wheel, for garnish
Instructions
- Sprinkle a handful of coarse salt on a plate. Moisten the outer rim of a Margarita glass with a lime wedge and dip into salt. In a cocktail shaker with cubed ice, combine tequila, Cointreau and lime juice. Shake vigorously and pour entire contents into prepared glass, then garnish with a lime wheel.
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Aperol Spritz
Ingredients
Serves 1
3 oz (90 ml) Riondo Prosecco
2 oz (60 ml) Aperol Aperitivo
1 oz (30 ml) soda water
orange slice, for garnish
Instructions
- In a large wine glass half filled with cubed ice, combine Prosecco, Aperol and soda water. Gently stir to combine and garnish with an orange slice.
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Roasted Peach & Campari Cocktail
Ingredients
Serves 4
2 medium ripe peaches, peeled, halved and pitted
1½ cups (375 ml) Campari
¼ cup (60 ml) sweet white vermouth
¼ cup (60 ml) freshly squeezed lime juice
2 tbsp (30 ml) freshly squeezed orange juice
1 tbsp (15 ml) syrup from Amarena cherries*
soda water and ice, to serve
4 Amarena cherries, for garnish*
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 F (190 C). Slice each peach half into 4 pieces, place on a parchment-lined baking sheet, pitted-sides up. Roast until lightly caramelized, about 25 minutes. Remove from oven and let cool.
- In a large glass container, combine Campari and roasted peaches. Cover and let peaches infuse into Campari for 4 to 6 hours at room temperature, or overnight in refrigerator. Strain through a fine mesh sieve into a jug, reserving peaches.
- To infused Campari, add vermouth, lime juice, orange juice and cherry syrup. Stir well to combine. Divide between 4 ice-filled cocktail glasses. Add a peach slice to each glass, top with soda water and garnish with an Amarena cherry. Serve immediately.
- *Available at specialty stores or online.
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Green Gold
Ingredients
Serves 1
black salt, for garnish (optional)
1½ oz (45 ml) Los Siete Misterios Doba-yej Mezcal
¾ oz (22 ml) lime juice
½ oz (15 ml) Chartreuse Green Liqueur
¼ oz (7 ml) agave nectar
¾ tsp (4 ml) yuzu kosho*
1 dash Bittered Sling Cascade Celery Bitters
shiso leaf, for garnish
Instructions
- Rim a rocks glass with salt, if using: sprinkle a handful of black salt on a small plate. Moisten rim of glass and dip into salt. Combine remaining ingredients in a cocktail shaker over ice and shake. Fine strain through a mesh strainer into prepared glass, fill with ice and garnish with a shiso leaf.
- *A type of citrusy Japanese chili paste. Available at most Asian grocery stores.
Drink Pairings
Meadowland Tonic
Ingredients
Serves 1
1½ oz (45 ml) Noilly Prat Extra Dry Vermouth
½ oz (15 ml) St-Germain Elderflower Liqueur
¼ oz (7 ml) cherry blossom tea syrup*
2½ oz (75 ml) craft tonic water, such as Fever Tree
rose water and lemon wheel, for garnish
thyme sprigs, for garnish
Instructions
- Combine vermouth, St-Germain and tea syrup in a wine glass, add ice and stir to combine. Add tonic and garnish with a spray or drop of rose water, a lemon wheel and thyme sprigs.
- *In a saucepan, heat 1 cup (250 ml) water almost to a boil and add 1 cherry blossom green tea bag. Keep over heat for 20 minutes, being sure not to let it come to a boil. Add 2 cups (500 ml) sugar and stir well to fully dissolve. Remove tea bag and transfer syrup to a sealed container. Syrup will keep, refrigerated, for up to 6 weeks.
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Berry Cassis Pops
Ingredients
Serves 10
2½ cups (625 ml) vanilla Greek yogurt
¼ cup (60 ml) honey
1 lemon, zest only
1 cup (250 ml) frozen raspberries, thawed, with their liquid
1 cup (250 ml) frozen blackberries, thawed, with their liquid
½ cup (125 ml) crème de cassis
Instructions
- In a large bowl, mix together yogurt, honey and lemon zest. Transfer to a large zip-top bag and set aside.
- In a large blender, blend berries and crème de cassis for 1 minute, or until smooth. Transfer to another large zip-top bag.
- Cut one of the bottom corners off the berry mixture bag to create a piping bag. Divide berry mixture between popsicle moulds, piping to about ¼ of the way up each mould. Repeat with yogurt mixture, filling each mould to the top.
- Using a wooden skewer, gently stir each popsicle mould 3 to 4 times to swirl the mixtures together; do not mix together completely. Place sticks in moulds and freeze for at least 8 hours.
Drink Pairings
El Diablo
Ingredients
Serves 1
1½ oz (45 ml) Gran Centenario Plata Tequila
½ oz (15 ml) L’Héritier-Guyot Crème de Cassis de Dijon
½ oz (15 ml) lime juice
3 oz (90 ml) non-alcoholic ginger beer
blackberry, for garnish
Instructions
- In a cocktail shaker with cubed ice, combine tequila, crème de cassis and lime juice. Shake vigorously and strain into a Collins glass, then add ginger beer. Add cubed ice to fill glass and garnish with a blackberry.