Shu Jam Fizz Recipes

THE POSSET

Steps:

• Combine whipped cream, sugar, saffron, milk and honey in a saucepan over medium heat, and boil 3 minutes. Remove from heat. Stir in lemon and lime juice, and grated lemon and lime peel.
• Let cool 10 minutes. Stir again, then strain and refrigerate until ready to use. This base will make enough for 4 servings.
• For each drink, combine the sherries with about 6 ounces of the posset base, shake with ice in a cocktail shaker, and strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Dust lightly with ground cinnamon and serve.

THE DIRTIEST MARTINI

Steps:

• Shake the liquid ingredients with ice in a shaker. Strain into a chilled martini glass, and garnish with the olive skewer and basil leaf. *To infuse the vodka, place 10 basil leaves in a 750-ml bottle of organic vodka (Rain vodka, distilled in Kentucky from organic corn, is a good choice) for two hours. Be careful not to overinfuse. You want a mild flavor and fragrance, not basil cologne.

SLOE GIN FIZZ COCKTAIL

Steps:

• Place 2 ice cubes in a highball glass. Set aside in the freezer.
• Combine sloe gin, lemon juice, and simple syrup in a cocktail shaker. Add ice; cover and shake until chilled. Strain into the prepared highball glass. Stir in club soda. Garnish with a slice of lemon.

RUM MANHATTAN

Steps:

• Combine the rum, vermouth, bay leaf reduction and bitters in a mixing glass with ice, and stir thoroughly. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass, then add the bay leaf and several blueberries.
• To flame the orange peel into the drink, cut a thumb-size wedge of peel from an orange. Holding a lighted match or lighter in one hand, squeeze the orange peel with the other hand over the flame so that the oils ignite as they pass through the flame. (This can require practice; an unflamed twist of orange will also suffice.) Serve.

THE MADAME ALMACK'S COCKTAIL

Steps:

• Combine all ingredients except Champagne in a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake vigorously, then strain into a chilled cocktail glass and top with Champagne.

HEIRLOOM TOMATO MOJITONICO

Steps:

• Rim a 16-ounce glass by moistening the edge with a lime wedge, then dipping the glass into a small plate filled with equal parts salt and pepper. Into the same glass add the tomatoes, herbs and lime sections, then muddle, gently, until the mixture is equal parts juice and solids. Add ice, stir, then add the gin, and stir again. Top with the tonic water.

CUCUMBER COLLINS

Steps:

• In the bottom of a mixing glass, muddle cucumber slices, lemon juice and simple syrup. Add gin, along with ice, and shake. Strain over fresh ice into a Collins glass, then top with soda. Garnish with the mint sprig.

SHU JAM FIZZ

Steps:

• Rinse a Collins glass by swirling absinthe inside it, just enough to coat the sides; discard excess. Combine gin, jam, fennel syrup, lemon juice and bitters in a shaker with ice, and shake. Add ice to the prepared glass, and into that strain the contents of the shaker. Top with the soda, and serve.