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Watch the build and the big reveal right here.
Watch the build and the big reveal right here.
No. 14 · Naughty, Nice & Slightly Unhinged
Ho Ho Hold My Drink
The title drink: pour it through the snow cloud and watch it vanish into gold shimmer.
Serves1
GlassLarge stemmed wine glass, big cube
Difficulty2 of 3
Sweet / Strong3 / 2
CostMid
Make-aheadBatch the base; spin or buy cotton candy
Ingredients
- 1.5 oz bourbon
- 1 oz cranberry juice
- 0.75 oz fresh lemon juice
- 2 dashes Angostura bitters
- 1 small pinch edible gold shimmer dust
- 2 oz ginger beer
- Topping: a fist-size cloud of white (vanilla) cotton candy
- Garnish: candied ginger on a gold pick
Build
- Put one large clear cube in the wine glass and pour in the ginger beer.
- Shake bourbon, cranberry, lemon, bitters and shimmer hard with ice; strain into a small carafe.
- Perch the cotton candy cloud on the rim of the glass.
- On camera, pour the carafe slowly over the cloud. It melts into the glass in seconds and sweetens the drink.
- Give it one gentle stir so the gold swirls; add the candied ginger pick.
Zero-proof twin
1.5 oz cranberry, 0.75 oz lemon, 3 oz ginger beer and a pinch of shimmer, poured through the same cloud.Batch for 8. 12 oz bourbon, 8 oz cranberry, 6 oz lemon, 16 dashes bitters and a pinch of shimmer; chill. Pour 3.25 oz per glass through a fresh cloud.
Note. shape the cloud right before serving; humidity melts cotton candy fast.