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Various recipes that I’ve found and liked, or made up myself

Tasty Tartar Sauce

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Tasty Tartar Sauce
 
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A quick and easy, and most importantly, tasty tartar sauce.
Ingredients
  • 1 cup mayonnaise
  • 1 tbsp seedy mustard
  • juice from ½ lemon
  • 3 mini gerkin pickles, finely diced
  • 1 green onion - trimmed then finely sliced
  • salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
  1. Mix all ingredients together well, and serve. Store in refrigerator.

 

Tasty Scotch & Coffee combo!

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Came across an article, Four Smooth, Boozy, Coffe-spiked Cocktails, and made up a Talisman. I didn’t follow the instructions exactly I don’t think (I added ice to the shaker), since my cocktail turned out looking like a creamy latte with a nice foamy head 🙂

The taste Was delicious! Creamy, and a touch of heat, almost like a mexican hot chocolate 🙂

Talisman

  • 1.5 oz scotch
  • .5 oz Drambuie
  • .75 oz agave syrup
  • Pinch of cayenne pepper
  • Freshly brewed shot of espresso

Add all ingredients to a shaker half-filled with ice, and shake well for 20-30 seconds.
Pour into a chilled coupe, and enjoy!

Mole Daquiri

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Received my Bittermens Xocolatl Mole Bitters today, and had to try them out. Haven’t found a bottle of mescal yet, so I thought I’d try something different.

On the Bittermen’s website, they have a recipe – New England Daiquiri, but I had no premium rum, or maple syrup on hand. So this is what I came up with 🙂

Mole Daquiri
 
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Ingredients
  • 2 oz. Lemon Hart rum
  • 2 tsp. agave syrup
  • 1 oz. fresh squeezed lemon juice
  • 2-3 dashes Bittermen's Xocolatl Mole bitters
  • 1 Luxardo maraschino cherry for garnish
  • 1 barspoon Luxardo marschino cherry syrup
Instructions
  1. Add rum, lemon juice and bitters to shaker ½ full of ice
  2. Shake well for 20 - 30 seconds
  3. Add crushed ice to coupe glass (1/2 full)
  4. Pour strained drink into glass.
  5. Add cherry and drizzle 1 barspoon of cherry syrup over cherry

 Made another variation – 

2 oz. Lemon Hart

1/2 oz. Cointreau 

1/4 oz. agave syrup

1 oz. lime juice

2-4 drops Bittermen’s Xocolatl Mole bitters

Garnish : lemon wheel

Something with Gin and Raspberries

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Made Tracey a Raspberry Gin Collins, and I wanted something just a little different – and this is what I came up with…

Something with Gin and Raspberries
 
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Ingredients
  • 7 raspberries
  • 4 mint leaves2 oz. gin
  • ½ oz. dry vermouth
  • ½ oz. campari
  • ½ oz. lemon juice
  • ½ oz. simple syrup
  • 2 dashes Fee Bros. Gin Barrel Aged Orange bitters
Instructions
  1. Add raspberries and mint to shaker, and gently muddle
  2. Fill shaker ½ full of ice
  3. Add gin, vermouth, campari, lemon juice, simple syrup and bitters
  4. Shake really well for 30 seconds or so
  5. Strain into chilled cocktail glass - on a hot day, fill the coupe ⅓ full with crushed ice first.
  6. Garnish with a nice mint leaf and a raspberry
Notes
And it was good! 🙂

 

Boulevardier

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Boulevardier
 
Recipe type: Drink
Serves: 1
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Ingredients
  • 1 oz. rye whiskey (or bourbon)
  • 1 oz. Campari
  • 1 oz. sweet vermouth
  • Ice
  • Flamed orange twist for garnish
Instructions
  1. Place a cocktail or Old Fashioned glass in the freezer to chill.
  2. Combine whiskey, Campari, and sweet vermouth in mixing glass filled halfway with ice.
  3. Stir for about 30 seconds to get drink really well chilled.
  4. If serving in an Old Fashioned glass, add ice cubes to it. Strain the drink into the chilled cocktail or Old Fashioned glass. Flame the orange twist over the drink, drop orange peel in afterwards, and serve.