Today is National Cocktail Day and honestly, why not celebrate springtime with a tasty cocktail. In honor of National Cocktail Day, here are two amazing cocktails from two great restaurants. Each restaurant has come up with a tasty cocktail that is sure to please!
The best part about these recipes is that you only need a few things to mix up an amazing cocktail. The recipes are from these great two restaurants that you probably have tried at least one of them!
—The Cheesecake Factory’s Pineapple Moscow Mule
–Grand Lux Cafe‘s Bourbon Smash.
BOURBON SMASH BY GRAND LUX CAFE
Ingredients:
4 Fresh Pineapple Cubes (½ inch)
2 ½ oz. Basil Hayden
2 oz. Pineapple Juice
1 oz. Turbinado Syrup *see additional directions below
1 dash of Peychaud’s Bitters
¼ oz. Fresh Squeezed Lemon Juice
8 oz. Ice
Directions
Build this cocktail in a mixing glass with no ice,
Muddle fresh pineapple cubes,
Add remaining ingredients,
Shake well & strain the entire mixture over fresh ice,
Add three fanned pineapple leaves to garnish,
(insert a bamboo skewer through pineapple, optional)
*Turbinado Syrup Ingredients/Directions:
Ingredients:
2 cups Hot Water
2 cups Turbinado Sugar
*In Bar Blender:
Add water juice first, and then add Turbinado Sugar.
Blend all ingredients until fully incorporated.
Pour Turbinado Syrup into a container and refrigerate for 12 hours before using it!
THE CHEESECAKE FACTORY PINEAPPLE MOSCOW MULE RECIPE
Ingredients:
Add the following to a cocktail shaker without ice:
2 oz. Vodka (your preference)
2 oz. Pineapple Juice
½ oz. Simple Syrup
½ oz. Fresh Squeezed Lime Juice
1 Lime Wedge
3 oz. Ginger Beer (Bundaberg or a Ginger Beer on the sweet side is preferred)
Directions:
Add ice to a cocktail shaker and shake hard 2-3 times.
Before straining, add the lime wedge and ginger beer to the cocktail shaker,
Strain contents of the cocktail shaker into appropriate size glass filled with fresh ice.
Garnish with a Pineapple Half-Moon by bending and inserting into the glass against the rim.
(Candied Ginger optional)
Garnish: Pineapple Half-Moon
Cut pineapple in half through the middle of pineapple (BUT NOT through core).
Place flesh side down and cut pineapple in half again.
Place quartered pineapple core side down.
Cut ¼“ slices creating semi-circles or half-moons.
Love these great cocktails! Hope you do too! Thanks to the Cheesecake Factory and the Grand Luxe Cafe!
Stevie Wilson
LA-Story.com
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