Faustina's Kitchen

Savory Celery Root Cocktails !

Ingredients:

For the Cocktail:

1.5 oz celeriac infusion (recipe below)

1 oz pineapple juice

.5 oz fresh squeezed and strained lime juice

.5 oz honey syrup

For the Celeriac Infusion:

¾ cup celeriac or celery root, peeled and roughly chopped

1 cup gin or vodka

Directions:

For the Cocktail:

(1) Add all ingredients to a cocktail shaker filled with ice. Shake and strain into a chilled coupe.

For the Celeriac Infusion:

(1) Combine celery root and spirit in a covered container. Let sit for three hours, then strain through a fine mesh sieve and store in the fridge.

Courtesy: The Inspired Home

Rhubarb Cranberry Gin Christmas Cocktail !

Ingredients:

1 oz rhubarb gin

1 oz cranberry juice

2 oz sparkling lemonade

fresh lemon rind for garnish

fresh cranberries, cut in half, for garnish

sugar for rimming the glass

Instructions:

First prepare your cocktail glass by adding a rim of sugar (see tips above for how to do this).

Mix all of the above ingredients in a shaker with ice, gently because the lemonade is carbonated.

Pour into a fancy glass, straining the ice, being careful not to disturb the sugar rim.

Garnish with a lemon peel twist and halved cranberries (see tips above).

Courtesy: A Pretty Life In The Suburbs

County Clare Cooler !

Ingredients:

2 oz Knappogue Castle 12 Year Old Single Malt Irish Whiskey .75 oz unfiltered apple cider .75 oz lemon juice .5 oz wildflower honey syrup (2 parts honey : 1 part water) .25 oz benedictine 1 oz ginger beer

Instructions:

Add ginger beer to bottom of rocks glass. Combine remaining ingredients in a shaker tin over ice, shake, and strain into glass.

By Joaquín Simó of Pouring Ribbons

Photo: Liz Clayman

Sláinte! Margarita !

Ingredients:

2 oz Tequila Japaleno .5 oz triple sec 1 oz lime juice .75 oz green juice .5 oz simple syrup

Instructions:

Coat the rims of your glasses in salt and lime zest. Add all ingredients to a shaker with ice. Shake and strain over fresh ice. As a finishing touch garnish with a lime wedge and clovers.

Courtesy: The Boozy Ginger