Since we’ll only be in NY for another month, Dustin and I approached buying things at the liquor store with caution. Alcohol is hardly something that we want to lug across the country. We have quite a ingredients left (especially blackberry schnapps, etc.) but very few we’d want to drink as a main ingredient. What would be interesting to mix with the most, but still be good? We decided on a good gin and a good tequila. So far we’ve done a few drinks that I think were quite successful.
The Salad Drink
2 oz Gin
Fresh Basil
Just short of 1/2 oz. Lemon Juice
Tonic
Ice
3-5 Cucumber Slices
Muddle the basil, and shake with the gin, lemon juice and ice. Pour into a glass. Drop in the cucumber slices, keeping one out for garnish. Top off with tonic.
It went quite well with a dinner of fresh past with pesto, heirloom tomatoes, goat cheese and pine nuts. I’d like to play around with adding other things — maybe ginger?
We also made an excellent Margarita — not too sweet.
Our Margarita (proportions for a double)
3 oz Tequila
1 oz Triple Sec
1 1/2 oz Lime Juice
Dash of Simple Syrup
Fresh Lime
Course Sea Salt
Ice
When we made this last night we added ingredients gradually, trying to get a lime proportion that we liked. In the end we liked the above, with just a bit of simple syrup. Instead of on the rocks, we served it straight-up, in a glass with a salted rim (of course!), with a pinch of salt added to the drink.
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