Tipsy Veggies
Carrot on a String
Ingredients:
2 ounces Hennessy VS
1/2 oz Velvet Falernum
Splash Domaine de Canton
1 ounce carrot juice
1/4 ounce fresh lemon juice
Dash angostura bitters
Dash walnut bitters
Ginger root slice, for garnish
Ground cinnamon, for garnish
Directions: Add all ingredients except ginger root and cinnamon to a shaker with ice and shake until well chilled. Strain into a cocktail coupe or martini glass and garnish with ginger root and cinnamon.
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Avo-rita
Ingredients:
1 teaspoon celery salt
4 tablespoons kosher salt
Lime wedge
1/2 ripe avocado
1 1/2 ounces lime juice
1 1/2 ounces agave nectar
1 1/2 ounces 1800 Silver Tequila
3/4 ounce Cointreau
Directions: In a small bowl, mix salts well. Wet rim of a margarita glass with lime wedge and dip into salt mixture to coat. In a mixing glass, muddle avocado, lime juice, and agave. Add tequila and Cointreau. Top with ice and shake vigorously. Strain into ice-filled, salt-rimmed glass.
Recipe from Havana Central in New York City
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Sunset Fizz
Ingredients:
3 Concord grapes
2 very thin slices red beet
Pinch sea salt
1/2 part agave nectar
1/2 part fresh lemon juice
Gekkeikan Zipang Sparkling Sake
Lemon peel, for garnish
Directions: Muddle all ingredients except sake and lemon peel. Add ice and shake until chilled. Strain into a champagne flute, top with sake, and garnish with lemon peel.
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Green Garden
Ingredients:
Salt
Pepper
1 1/2 ounces Voli Light Vodka, plus more to rim
1/2 medium green bell pepper
1 ounce lime juice
1 packet Stevia (2 teaspoons)
Handful fresh basil, for garnish
Directions: Combine salt and pepper on a small plate. Moisten the rim of a martini glass with some vodka, dip glass into salt and pepper, and shake off excess. In a shaker, muddle vodka, pepper, lime juice, and Stevia. Shake, strain into glass, and garnish with basil.
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Pumpkin Spice
Ingredients:
2 ounces SKYY Infusions Ginger
1/2 ounce lime juice
1 ounce pumpkin puree
Splash honey water*
Slice fresh ginger, for garnish
Directions: Combine all ingredients except ginger slice in a cocktail shaker with ice and shake vigorously. Strain over fresh ice into a Collins glass. Add long slice of ginger to glass lengthwise for garnish.
*Make honey water by combining equal parts honey and water.
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The Great 58
Ingredients:
3 cucumber slices
2 jalapeno slices
2 chunks of pineapple
1/4 part fresh lime juice
1/4 part fresh lemon juice
1/2 part fresh orange juice
4 parts tomato puree or juice
1 1/2 parts Jägermeister
Pinch sea salt
Pinch pepper
Celery stick, for garnish
Directions: Muddle vegetables and citrus juices well. Add tomato puree, Jägermeister, and ice and and gently stir, then strain into a tall glass full of fresh ice. Add salt and pepper to taste, and garnish with celery stick.
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Coastal Sunrise
Ingredients:
1 1/2 parts carrot juice
1/2 part fresh orange juice
1/4 part Aperol
1 part Michael Collins Blended Irish Whiskey
Rosemary sprig, for garnish
Pinch sea salt, for garnish
Pinch fresh ground black pepper, for garnish
Directions: In a shaker, shake all ingredients except rosemary, salt, and pepper with ice. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass and garnish with rosemary, salt, and pepper.