(inspired by the alinea cookbook)
2 oz gin
1 oz lemon
1 oz orange orgeat
3 medium-sized basil leaves
2 drops peychaud bitters
gently muddle leaves. combine remaining ingredients with lots of ice, shake, strain.
this is a pretty good drink. i used bombay sapphire for the gin. once again, it would have been better with hendricks, or half [...]
syrups from: wine, coke, root beer, regular beer, apple cider
fondant cutters (i think david w uses these) or hole punchers
from scott b’s waverly place echo: candied lemon zest, a marinated mandarin segment, and a circle (hole punch) of kaffir lime, all on a skewer a la alinea’s hot potato/cold potato.
pear, walnut orgeat (from french laundry)
yeast [...]
more experiments inspired by the alinea cookbook. both received very high praise from drinking partner stuntman b as well as from b’s wife (aka my sister) and from jp-mom.
the sesame orgeat i made (1/2 C almond milk, 1/4 cup seeds) was a little too overpowering of sesame, i also wish i’d used plain water [...]
