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Horse Radish Infused Vodka

December 16, 2022 robiulo 2 Comments

Horse Radish Infused Vodka

We had dinner at the Ukrainian East Village Restaurant on 2nd Avenue. As usual the food, service and Ukrainian beer were great. I saw something on the menu I’d never noticed before – Horse Radish Infused Vodka. Served chilled and straight in a shot glass with a pickle garnish, it was cold and crisp and just a great opener for the meal we had. If you want to try this and can’t get to the East Village, you’re going to need fresh horse radish root.

Just two simple ingredients – vodka and fresh horse radish.

Using the largest holes on a box grater, grate enough horse radish to fill 1/4 cup.

Add the grated horse radish to a liter of vodka and store for 48 hours. Taste it and if it isn’t strong enough give it another 24 hours. Strain out the horse radish and serve very cold.

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Fanny’s Sweet Rhythm

January 28, 2022 robiulo 2 Comments

Fanny’s Sweet Rhythm

I watched a bartender make one of these and asked him what was in it. It’s basically gin on the rocks with a very theatrical presentation. He said it was called “Fanny’s Sweet Rhythm” and he didn’t know why. It’s pretty and tastes good so give it a try.

Muddle the mint and orange bitters in a rocks glass. Fill the glass with crushed ice, pour in the gin and stir. Garnish with a lime wheel and sprig of mint.

Invert a half lime so that the peel faces in, place on top of the crushed ice and pour Green Chartreuse into shell. Light the Chartreuse, let it burn for 30 seconds to warm the oils in the lime skin, then tip into the drink.

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Three Classic Cocktails

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Three Classic Cocktails

Sidecar

Ingredients:

Granulated sugar
¾ oz. fresh lemon juice, plus more for glass
2 oz. brandy
¾ oz. Cointreau or triple sec

Wet the rim of a coupe glass with lemon juice and dip it into sugar sprinkled on a plate. Shake off excess and set it aside. Put the lemon juice, brandy, and Cointreau into a cocktail shaker. Add ice, and shake. Strain into the sugared glass.

Boulevardier

Ingredients:

2 oz. Bourbon
1oz. Campari
1oz. sweet vermouth
Lemon twist garnish

Pour the Bourbon, Campari, and vermouth into a rocks glass filled with ice. Stir and garnish with lemon twist.

Mai Tai

Ingredients:

1 ½ oz. white rum
¾ oz. orange Cointreau or curaçao
¾ oz. lime juice, freshly squeezed
½ oz. orzata or orgeat
½ oz. dark rum
Lime wheel and mint sprig for garnish

Add the white rum, Cointreau, lime juice and orzata to a shaker with ice. Shake and pour into a rocks glass. Float the dark rum over the top. Garnish with a lime wheel and mint sprig.

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Saint Patrick’s Day

March 17, 2019 robiulo Leave a comment

Saint Patrick’s Day

There’s a popular sit-com called The Big Bang Theory. One of the characters, Raj, can’t talk to a woman unless he’s had a drink. His drink of choice, of all things, is a Grasshopper. I’ve heard of them but never had one, so I thought I’d try it.

It’s a simple three-ingredient cocktail –

You put all the ingredients together, shake with ice and strain into a cocktail glass. You get a pretty green drink that I suppose is the same color as a grasshopper. It’s a pretty cocktail for Saint Patrick’s Day.

It’s great for a sit-com but I’ll probably never have one again. It tasted just like a Peppermint Patty.

FYI – If you replace the crème de menthe with brandy, you have a Brandy Alexander (much better).

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Cocktails – some new ones

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The Fall Classic Cocktail

We got this recipe from the bartender who invented it for the Sept. 2011 Landmark Feast at the American Museum of Natural History.

Shake all ingredients with ice and strain over fresh ice in a rocks glass. Add a sprinkle of Angostura.

*cider thyme syrup – 2 cups cider, 1 cup sugar and a few sprigs of thyme. Boil slowly until clear and let it cool. Remove thyme and it’s done.

Bull Shot

Not as dainty as a Mimosa but a very good brunch drink.

Pour all ingredients over ice in a 10 oz glass, stir and garnish with a lemon wedge.

Philly Special

Philly tended bar in a place on Stanton Street between the Bowery and Forsyth in the 1960s when it was still the Lower East Side (pre-gentrification). This was his creation.

Pour both over ice – simple!

Vodka on the Rocks

A Russian friend gave me this one. Sounds simple but there’s more to it than you might think.

Cut a cucumber into thick slices and freeze them solid. Put them into a rocks glass as you would ice, and cover with Vodka.

1^st – melting ice doesn’t dilute your drink.

2^nd – there’s a fresh aroma of cucumbers with every sip

Caipirinha

A Brazilian friend taught me how to make Caipirinhas. We went to buy limes and I asked how many should I get. She said, “How many Caipirnhas do you want?” So that’s one lime per drink.

Lime – Sugar – Cachaca

Cut the 2 ends of a lime so that you have a barrel shape. Cut that into 4 rings and stack them. Cut that stack into quarters so you now have 16 small wedges of lime.

Put the lime into a heavy duty rocks glass and crush with 2 tea spoons of sugar.

Add ice and fill glass with Cachaca and stir. Some bartenders add a splash of 7-Up.

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Horse Radish Infused Vodka

Horse Radish Infused Vodka

Fanny’s Sweet Rhythm

Fanny’s Sweet Rhythm

I watched a bartender make one of these and asked him what was in it. It’s basically gin on the rocks with a very theatrical presentation. He said it was called “Fanny’s Sweet Rhythm” and he didn’t know why. It’s pretty and tastes good so give it a try.

Muddle the mint and orange bitters in a rocks glass. Fill the glass with crushed ice, pour in the gin and stir. Garnish with a lime wheel and sprig of mint.

Invert a half lime so that the peel faces in, place on top of the crushed ice and pour Green Chartreuse into shell. Light the Chartreuse, let it burn for 30 seconds to warm the oils in the lime skin, then tip into the drink.

Three Classic Cocktails

Three Classic Cocktails

Sidecar

Ingredients:

Wet the rim of a coupe glass with lemon juice and dip it into sugar sprinkled on a plate. Shake off excess and set it aside. Put the lemon juice, brandy, and Cointreau into a cocktail shaker. Add ice, and shake. Strain into the sugared glass.

Boulevardier

Ingredients:

Mai Tai

Ingredients:

Add the white rum, Cointreau, lime juice and orzata to a shaker with ice. Shake and pour into a rocks glass. Float the dark rum over the top. Garnish with a lime wheel and mint sprig.

Saint Patrick’s Day

Saint Patrick’s Day

There’s a popular sit-com called The Big Bang Theory. One of the characters, Raj, can’t talk to a woman unless he’s had a drink. His drink of choice, of all things, is a Grasshopper. I’ve heard of them but never had one, so I thought I’d try it.

It’s a simple three-ingredient cocktail –

You put all the ingredients together, shake with ice and strain into a cocktail glass. You get a pretty green drink that I suppose is the same color as a grasshopper. It’s a pretty cocktail for Saint Patrick’s Day.

It’s great for a sit-com but I’ll probably never have one again. It tasted just like a Peppermint Patty.

FYI – If you replace the crème de menthe with brandy, you have a Brandy Alexander (much better).

Cocktails – some new ones

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