simple syrups, Page 2
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Satsuma Scotch Old Fashioned
1 slice of satsuma orange
1 maraschino cherry
1 sugar cube
3–4 drops Gary Regan’s orange bitters
½ oz simple syrup
2 oz Dewar’s Scotch
In a rocks glass, muddle satsuma, cherry and sugar cube. Add bitters, simple syrup and Dewar’s. Add ice and serve immediately.
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Osceola Old Fashioned
1 slice of tangerine
1/3 of a slice of grapefruit
1/2 oz Simple Syrup
1 1/2 oz Rare Breed Wild Turkey
In a rocks glass muddle the tangerine and grapefruit. Add Simple syrup and Wild Turkey and ice. Garnish with a slice of tangerine.
- from Commander’s Palace Destin, FL -
Marlene Dietrich
2 slices orange
1 slice lemon
2 ounces Woodford Reserve whiskey
½ ounce orange curacao
3 dashes Angostura bitters
½ oz simple syrup
Pour ingredients into a cocktail shaker and muddle. Be careful not to overmuddle. Strain over ice in a rocks glass and garnish with 1 slice each of lemon and orange. -
Key Lime Martini
1 oz. Stoli vanilla vodka
3/4 oz. Licor 43 orange liqueur
1/2 oz. fresh lime juice
1/2 oz. simple syrup
1/2 oz. half and half
graham cracker crumbles
lime wheel
Shake all ingredients very well and strain into a martini glass rimmed with graham cracker crumbles.
Garnish with a lime wheel. Served quickly as this cocktail will separate.
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Honolulu Cocktail
2 ounces Plymouth gin
1 ounce orange juice
1 ounce pineapple juice
¾ ounce lemon juice
½ ounce simple syrup
1 dash Angostura bitters
Combine ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice and shake well. Strain into a martini glass and garnish with a twist of lemon and silk flower (optional). -
Ginnifer Flowers
2 ozs Plymouth gin
1 ounce St. Germain
.5 ozs lemon juice
.5 oz simple syrup
Combine ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice and shake well. Strain into a chilled martini glass. Garnish with a flower (optional). -
Capriosca
2 slices of lime, sliced
¾ ounce simple syrup
2 ounces Reyka vodka
Place lime slices and simple syrup in a cocktail shaker and muddle well. Add vodka and ice and shake well. Pour into a rocks glass and serve immediately.
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Side by Side Cocktail
2 ounces Hennessey VOS Cognac
1 1/2 ounce Cointreau
1/2 ounce fresh lemon juice
1/2 ounce simple syrup
1/2 ounce Gran Marnier 100 Anniversary
2 dashes of Fee Bros orange bitters -
Spirited Dinner at Cafe Adelaide
Buy your tickets now for a night of dinner pairings presented at 25 New Orleans restaurants including Cafe Adelaide. The Spirited Dinners will take place Thursday, July 9, 2009. Read on for more information and the Cafe Adelaide menu. To make your reservations call Cafe Adelaide at (504) 595‑3305.
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Loosen Your Thai, It’s Summer!
A systems administrator at Clockwork Active Media Systems creates quite a stir with his Thai-themed gin mojito. A perfect summer drink, and enough to serve a party of 30. Who says technology is dry?!