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The Vintage Pink Lady

Courtesy of Michael Cadden, Tavern Law, Seattle, WA (A modernist’s take on a speakeasy vintage classic.) Makes 1 cocktail INGREDIENTS 1 ½ ounces (45 ml) gin ¾ ounce (22 ml) sous vide infused Pear Shrub ½ ounce (15 ml) fresh lemon juice ¼ ounce (7.5 ml) Demerara simple syrup* 2 dashes bitters (Old Fashioned Barrel Aged Fee Brothers Bitters preferred) 1 egg white Ice cubes as needed Fresh cranberry juice for decoration DIRECTIONS Combine all ingredients, except the ice cubes and cranberry juice, in a mixing tin set (cocktail shaker). Add the spring of a Hawthorn strainer, if you have … Read More

Pear Shrub

Courtesy of Michael Cadden, Tavern Law, Seattle, WA Makes about 1 pint (480 ml) of shrub INGREDIENTS 8 ounces (228 g) Bosc pears, washed, cored, and chopped or thinly sliced (not peeled) 8 ounces (228 g) Demerara sugar 8 ounces (240 ml) apple cider vinegar DIRECTIONS Fill and preheat the SousVide Supreme water oven to 148F/64.5 C. Put the sugar and pears into a large (gallon/3.8 liter) cooking pouch and vacuum seal. Submerge the pouch in the water oven to cook for 1 hour. Remove and quick chill the pouch in ice water (half ice, half water) for 30 minutes, … Read More