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Take 5 Cocktail

Courtesy of Seth Sempere (Spur Gastropub, Seattle, WA) INGREDIENTS 1-3/4 ounces (50 ml) blanc rhum agricole*, 100 proof (Rhum J.M. Blanc preferred) 1 ounce (30 ml) sous vide infused Butternut Squash Cordial 1/2 ounce (15 ml) Campari 1/2 ounce (15 ml) lemon juice 1 dash Fee Brothers’ aromatic bitters 1 pinch salt Ice cubes, as needed DIRECTIONS Put all ingredients, except ice, into a cocktail shaker. Add the ice, shake well, and fine strain into a punch cup or cocktail glass. Bartender’s note: Depending on the natural sweetness of the squash, you may want to adjust the amount of lemon … Read More

Butternut Squash Cordial

Courtesy of Seth Sempere (Spur Gastropub, Seattle, WA) Makes about 1 1/2 cups (360 ml) INGREDIENTS 1 small butternut squash, peeled, seeded, rough chopped, and juiced 3/4 to 1 cup* (180 to 240 ml) Brown Sugar Syrup 2 ounces (60 ml) vodka DIRECTIONS Fill and preheat the SousVide Supreme water oven to 135F/57C. Strain the squash juice into a measuring cup. Pour the squash juice into a zip-closure cooking pouch and add one-half as much brown sugar syrup by volume as you have squash juice (i.e., for every ounce (30 ml) of squash juice add ½ ounce (15 ml) of … Read More