{friday cocktail: the ginger}

I named this Friday's cocktail "the ginger" partly because it has Domaine de Canton's ginger liqueur in it, but also because of its red hue (see what I did there? its funny right? no? ok.)   Because of farming worldwide you can pretty much get any fruit or vegetable you need at any time of the year regardless of season, but blood oranges are one of those things that seems to only be available for a short amount of time during the winter months.  Blood oranges have been one of my favorite citruses to use in cocktails ever since my dad made me this cocktail; they have a light citrus flavor and lend a beautiful red/pink hue to a drink.  Go grab some blood oranges before they are gone til next year and make yourself a pretty drink like this one this weekend:

Cheers!

{friday cocktail: applejack rabbit}

One of the fabulous gifts I received at my bridal shower was the PDT Cocktail book which Chris and I have had on our wish list for sometime.  This book includes over 300 recipes from the famed PDT speakeasy in NYC as well as extensive guides to bar prep, tools and techniques.  While many of the recipes include obscure ingredients or significantly more preparation than your average cocktail the results are well worth it.  For our first cocktail from the book, we choose something with relatively straight forward ingredients, the Applejack Rabbit, and substituted the regular orange juice the recipe calls for with blood orange.  While the previous Applejack cocktail we made was not one of my favorites, this one has just the right amount of sweet and citrus to win me over and perhaps even earn a spot on our regular rotation of cocktail recipes...

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Cheers!