So this idea came to me when I wanted to make a Tiki style drink, but all with fall flavors. So here we go....
1 ounce Zaya Rum (or another delicious dark rum you like)
1 ounce apple brandy
1/2 ounce pumpkin syrup
1/4 ounce cranberry juice (NOT SWEETENED!)
3/4 ounce apple cider
1/4 ounce lemon juice
1 dash of angostura bitters
Shake with ice, then pour ice and all into glass and serve. Cheers!
For pumpkin syrup recipe check the syrups section!
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Showing posts with label Pumpkin Syrup. Show all posts
Thursday, December 1, 2011
Monday, November 28, 2011
Pumpkin Syrup
Pumpkin Syrup recipe:
2 cups of water
2 cups of demerara sugar
2 cups of pumpkin puree
whole cinnamon sticks, cloves, grated nutmeg, and allspice to taste.
Not too hard. Mainly, equal parts water, sugar (Demerara or brown), pumpkin puree. You CAN do can, but obviously it's better to just bake the pumpkin yourself and make your own puree. To do this, cut a pumpkin in half and remove the stem. Scoop out all the seeds and gross stringy innards. Then wrap each half in aluminum foil. Bake at 350 for about 1.5 hours. You'll know it is done, because the hard shell will start to separate from the insides which will be all nice and soft. You scoop out the insides and put them all into a food processor to make it all a creamy puree. THERE IS YOUR PUMPKIN PUREE!! SEEE!?? EASY!
Then you add your equal parts water, puree, raw or brown sugar to a pot with whole cloves, whole cinnamon sticks, fresh grated nutmeg and allspice dram (or any other sort of allspice delivery method you might have.) This part here is sort of less of a science and more of an art. You sort of feel it out, but you want to make it all nice and pumpkin pie flavored. You start on medium heat till the sugar is dissolved, then take it down to low head and simmer it for about 20 minutes remember to stir it all up occasionally. After this, strain out all the solids, and push as much as the gooey goodness through the strainer as you can with a big spoon or something. Then you have your pumpkin syrup!!! Delicious for all sorts of cocktails (and coffee too!) The perfect fall treat. Remember, it's always good to add a bit of vodka, or high proof, neutral grain spirit to help it keep longer. And of course, store it in the fridge!
2 cups of water
2 cups of demerara sugar
2 cups of pumpkin puree
whole cinnamon sticks, cloves, grated nutmeg, and allspice to taste.
Not too hard. Mainly, equal parts water, sugar (Demerara or brown), pumpkin puree. You CAN do can, but obviously it's better to just bake the pumpkin yourself and make your own puree. To do this, cut a pumpkin in half and remove the stem. Scoop out all the seeds and gross stringy innards. Then wrap each half in aluminum foil. Bake at 350 for about 1.5 hours. You'll know it is done, because the hard shell will start to separate from the insides which will be all nice and soft. You scoop out the insides and put them all into a food processor to make it all a creamy puree. THERE IS YOUR PUMPKIN PUREE!! SEEE!?? EASY!
Then you add your equal parts water, puree, raw or brown sugar to a pot with whole cloves, whole cinnamon sticks, fresh grated nutmeg and allspice dram (or any other sort of allspice delivery method you might have.) This part here is sort of less of a science and more of an art. You sort of feel it out, but you want to make it all nice and pumpkin pie flavored. You start on medium heat till the sugar is dissolved, then take it down to low head and simmer it for about 20 minutes remember to stir it all up occasionally. After this, strain out all the solids, and push as much as the gooey goodness through the strainer as you can with a big spoon or something. Then you have your pumpkin syrup!!! Delicious for all sorts of cocktails (and coffee too!) The perfect fall treat. Remember, it's always good to add a bit of vodka, or high proof, neutral grain spirit to help it keep longer. And of course, store it in the fridge!
Pumpkin Daiquiri
Here's a simple drink I created for my fall 2011 cocktail party. Easy (once you have the pumpkin syrup) but very delicious.
2 ounces Zaya Rum (or any other delicious dark rum that you love)
3/4 ounce lime juice
3/4 ounce pumpkin syrup
shake and strain.
See my post on Pumpkin Syrup for the recipe. If you click on the pumpkin syrup tag it should come up (along with other great recipes that include pumpkin syrup.)
2 ounces Zaya Rum (or any other delicious dark rum that you love)
3/4 ounce lime juice
3/4 ounce pumpkin syrup
shake and strain.
See my post on Pumpkin Syrup for the recipe. If you click on the pumpkin syrup tag it should come up (along with other great recipes that include pumpkin syrup.)
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