I’ve started working on recipes for the little cocktail cookbook; I promised it as part of the Vegan Serendib Kickstarter. My goal is to do a mocktail version to pair with each cocktail; we’ll see if I can do that in an interesting way, rather than just taking out the alcohol.
For example, for this one, I can do a ginger simple syrup instead of ginger liqueur, and you can get non-alcoholic bitters (Dram Apothecary makes some, for example), so that by itself should be pretty good. But if you have suggestions for something else to add instead of the vodka, feel free to chime in!
But tonight, here’s the one with alcohol.
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Ginger & Blood Orange Vodka Press
This would be a nice brunch cocktail, and if you want a less alcoholic version, just leaving out the vodka works nicely.
3 oz. orange juice
2 oz. blood orange soda
1 oz. vodka
1/2 oz. ginger liqueur
dash of orange bitters
slice of clementine
1 tsp chopped crystallized ginger
1. Combine orange juice, blood orange soda, vodka, ginger liqueur, dash of orange bitters.
2. Garnish with clementine and crystallized ginger. Enjoy!
NOTE: I enjoy locally-produced Koval ginger liqueur in this drink, along with Ketel One’s Grapefruit Rose vodka, and Strongwater’s orange bitters.
