So, all of the sudden I seem to be stumbling across cocktails with pepper in them. No, I’m not talking about Bloody Marys either. Here are two I’ve enjoyed recently:
Boris Karloff
- 3/4 oz gin
- 3/4 oz St-Germain elderflower liqueur
- 1 oz fresh lime juice
- 1 tbs confectioners’ sugar
- 1 large egg white
- 1 oz chilled club soda
- Pinch each of finely grated lime zest and freshly ground pepper, for garnish
In a cocktail shaker, combine the gin, elderflower liqueur, lime juice, sugar and egg white. Dry shake. Add ice and shake again. Strain into an ice-filled Collins glass, stir in club soda and garnish with lime zest and pepper.
By Todd Thrasher, Food & Wine Cocktails ’09.
And one with cayenne pepper in it called the Tante Marie Fizz. I happen to have a bottle of the Whitley Neill gin and it’s very nice in this cocktail. I found this one through Saveur magazine. Click below to go to the recipe.
You might like the Gin Wong cocktail. Muddled peppercorns, espresso beans, gin, cherry heering, benedictine, creme de cacao, cinnamon syrup, and creme. Recipe at our blog: http://waitiki7.com/2009/11/the-gin-wong/