Walk by a farmer market in summer and you will definitely attract a stand with the sweet smell of strawberries. This is the time of the year when small red jewels are scarlets with all the tastes and through burst.
Always looking for ways to find seasonal in my cocktail, I started tampering with some of my favorite strawberry taste combinations. The result is that this summer takes the classic whiskey smash. Strawberries are hit with lemon to create a juicy base, then a little strawberry syrup is added to a little sweetness and to balance the sharpness of the lemon. Balsmic acts as bits, and then certainly a heavy pouring of boorbon is added, because what is a smash without bombon?
The result is a crimson cocktail that tastes as bold as color. Strawberries and borbans work together to create a rich and intense sweetness that is cut by lemon and balsamic. This is the kind of cocktail that doubles you but it drinks embarrassing easily.
June 2011
This strawberry-borbon cocktail has a secret component that balances it
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For strawberry syrup:
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2 cup strawberryHull and chopped
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1/3 cup Sugar
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1 (3-inch) piece Lemon peel
For cocktail:
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4 Big strawberryFor hull, more garnish
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1 Round Piece LemonCut into half-spoon
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1 fluid ounce Strawberry syrup
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1/2 fluid ounce balsamic vinegar
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2 Fluid ounce Waste
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For strawberry syrup: In a small saucepan, mix strawberries, sugar and lemon peels. Cover and stand up, sometimes stirring, for 1 hour at room temperature.
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Once the sugar is dissolved and strawberries have left their liquid, bring the mixture into a boil on medium heat. Cook, stirring gently, until the berries are tender, about 3 minutes.
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Using a slapped spoon, transfer the ripe strawberries to a pint jar. Boil the syrup until it becomes thicker to the stability of a syrup, about 2 minutes. Discard lemon peel and put syrup on the berries. Allow to cool at room temperature, then store in the fridge for 1 month.
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To make a cocktail: In a cocktail shaker, 4 hull strawberries with perfectly lemon. Add strawberry syrup, balsmic and bombon, then fill the shaker with ice and close shaker.
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Stir strictly until it cools down for about 15 seconds. Using both cocktail stretner and a great Aries waterfall, stress the cocktail into a glass. Garnish with a strawberry.
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Special equipment
Cocktail Shaker, Cocktail Streeter, Fine Mesh Stretner
