Savory Cocktails CHALLENGE YOUR PALATE Sour Spicy Herbal Umami Bitter Smoky Rich Strong Savory Co Move Over Sweet
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HENR Y SAVORY COCKTAILS CHALLENGE YOUR PALATE SOUR SPICY HERBAL UMAMI BITTER SMOKY RICH STRONG SAVORY CO SAVORY Move over sweet. Cocktail aficionados are mixing up C creative concoctions that are KTAIL herbaceous, smoky and strong. S US $16.95 CAN $19.95 GREG HENRY author of Savory Pies Distributed by Publishers Group West These rims are anything but sugar-coated. Savory Cocktails shakes, stirs and strains nearly 100 hard-hitting distilled delights for a cornucopia of today’s coolest drinks. Using everything from classic liqueurs to innovative new bitters, the recipes in this book offer a stylish, sophisticated approach to complex-flavored cocktails like: YUZU SOUR GREEN TEA GIMLET OFF-WHITE NEGRONI PINK PEPPERCORN HOT GIN SLING GREENS FEE FIZZ THE SPICE TRAIL Packed with carefully crafted cocktails as well as information on tools, ingredients and imbibing history, Savory Cocktails goes way beyond just recipes. The devilish twists in this barman’s companion are taste tested and mixologist approved. SAVORY COCKTAILS SOUR SPICY HERBAL UMAMI BITTER SMOKY RICH STRONG GREG HENRY To my mom. She wasn’t much of a cocktail drinker, but she did put the letters LUV on the wall above our 1970s freestanding bar in the downstairs den. Then when she got tired of it, she let me move that bar upstairs to my bedroom—which I thought was pretty darn glamorous as a 10-year-old. Copyright text and photographs © 2013 by Greg Henry. Copyright concept and design © 2013 by Ulysses Press and its licensors. All Rights Reserved. Any unauthorized duplication in whole or in part or dissemination of this edition by any means (including but not limited to photocopying, electronic devices, digital versions, and the Internet) will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. Published by ULYSSES PRESS P.O. Box 3440 Berkeley, CA 94703 www.ulyssespress.com ISBN: 978-1-61243-261-8 Library of Congress Catalog Number 2013938631 Printed in the United States by Bang Printing 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Acquisitions Editor: Katherine Furman Managing Editor: Claire Chun Editor: Phyllis Elving Proofreader: Lauren Harrison Layout: what!design @ whatweb.com Index: Sayre Van Young Cover photographs: © Greg Henry NOTE TO READERS: This book is independently authored and published and no sponsorship or endorsement of this book by, and no affiliation with, any trademarked brand of alcoholic beverages, copyrighted or trademarked characters, or other products mentioned or pictured within is claimed or suggested. All trademarks that appear in ingredient lists and elsewhere in this book belong to their respective owners and are used here for informational purposes only. The authors and publishers encourage readers to patronize the quality brands of alcoholic beverages and other products mentioned in this book. TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRO ..............................8 GLASSWARE ....................................10 TOOLS .........................................11 TECHNIQUES ...................................12 SYRUPS ........................................12 Simple Syrup ...................................14 Ginger and Black Pepper Agave Syrup ................14 Clove-Infused Honey Syrup .......................15 Habanero Agave Syrup ...........................15 Citrus Syrup ...................................15 Oleo-Saccharum ................................16 BITTERS ........................................17 Aromatic “House” Bitters of Your Own ..............17 SHRUBS ........................................18 Pineapple Rosemary Shrub ........................18 Beet and Juniper Shrub ...........................18 INFUSIONS .....................................19 SOUR ..............................20 Papa Hemingway Daiquiri .........................21 Biarritz Monk ..................................23 “Monk Buck” from Biarritz ........................25 My Word ......................................26 Rhubarb Rosemary Flip ...........................28 Green Tea Gimlet ...............................30 Moonlit Night ..................................31 Garden Party Punch .............................32 Yuzu Sour .....................................34 Golden Ale ....................................36 SPICY ..............................37 Green Gargoyle .................................38 Vichy Cycle ....................................40 Top Hat .......................................41 Winter Squash ..................................42 Scandi Gibson ..................................44 The Spice Trail .................................45 Rum-Muddled Diplomat .........................46 Cool and Starry .................................48 Burning Sensation ..............................49 Thai Bird Chile Kamikaze .........................50 Holland Razor Blade ............................53 Pink Peppercorn Hot Gin Sling ....................52 Warm Cardigan ................................51 HERBAL ............................54 Triple C Collins ................................55 Breeder’s Cup ..................................57 Tom and Daisy .................................59 Beetle Juice ....................................60 A Savory Cocktail ...............................61 Celery Shrub Cocktail ............................62 Pimm’s Cup Up ................................63 Greens Fee Fizz . .65 To Hell with Spain #2 ............................66 Golden Lion ..................................67 Fennel Fizz ....................................68 Salad Bowl Gin and Tonic ........................69 Scarborough Fair ................................70 The Grazer’s Edge ...............................71 This Feeling of Joy ..............................73 UMAMI ............................74 Savory Tomato Juice .............................75 Bloody Mary ...................................76 Sungold Zinger .................................77 Tartufo .......................................78 Truffle-Infused Cognac ..........................79 Silk and Gators .................................80 Dog’s Nose ....................................82 Bullshot ......................................83 Black Pepper Oyster Shooters ......................84 Pork and Beans .................................85 Pickleback (Make Mine a Double) ...................86 Homemade Spicy Dill Pickles and Brine ..............87 BITTER .............................88 Bitter Beauty ...................................89 Charentes Shrub ...............................90 Barrel-Aged Berlioni ............................92 Dead Glamour .................................94 Black Salt .....................................95 Aperol Tequila Swizzle ...........................96 Off-White Negroni .............................97 Hanky Panky ...................................98 SMOKY ............................99 The Long Goodbye .............................100 Autumn Ash ..................................102 Better with Bacon ..............................103 Smog Cutter ..................................104 Smokejumper .................................105 The Chaparral .................................106 The Hickory Stick ..............................108 Old Hickory ..................................109 Rickey Oaxaqueña ..............................110 The Christopher Oaxacan ........................111 Penicillin Cocktail .............................112 RICH .............................113 Campari Alexander .............................114 The Alexander .................................115 Cool Revival ..................................116 Dill and Lemon Meringue ........................118 The Guayabera ................................119 Amaro Flip ...................................121 Chartreuse and the Chocolate Factory ...............123 Cacao Bourbon ................................124 STRONG ..........................125 A Classic Martini ...............................126 Dry Martini ...................................126 Extra-Dry Martini ..............................127 “Perfect” Martini ..............................127 Smoky Martini ................................127 Gibson ......................................128 Vesper .......................................129 Hair (Raising) Tonic ............................130 Neon Rose ....................................132 Scofflaw ......................................134 Dorflinger ....................................135 The Fatal Hour ................................136 Bijou ........................................137 The Franklin Martini ...........................138 Dirty Birdy ...................................139 French Green Dragon ..........................140 The Widow’s Kiss ..............................141 INDEX ........................................142 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ..........................150 ABOUT THE AUTHOR ............................151 INTRO We are in the midst of a cocktail renaissance. It started in the ’80s with concoctions like the Sex in the City drink of choice, the cosmopolitan, but as this renaissance develops, cocktails are becoming more sophisticated and taking a distinctly savory turn. Today’s bartenders are reaching for unexpected ingredients and employing culinary techniques such as infusions and purées to expand and sometimes challenge the palate. Herbs and spices are moving from the kitchen to the bar as more and more bartenders develop cocktails with a “from scratch” approach. Innovative ingredients and modern techniques create new categories of beverages, because there comes a point in life when sweet,