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Favor for a Friend Cocktail

Favor for a Friend Cocktail

Ingredients

  • 1-1/2 oz.
    Redwood Empire Lost Monarch Whiskey
  • 1/2 oz.
    Cardamaro
  • 1/2 oz.
    Giffard Caribbean Pineapple liqueur
  • 1/2 oz.
    Lemon juice
  • 1/2 oz.
    Honey
  • 2 dashes
    Candy cap mushroom tincture, recipe follows
  • 2 dashes
    Thai chili tincture, recipe follows
  • Cinnamon stick and star anise, for garnish

Preparation

Combine all ingredients, except garnish, in a shaker tin and fill with ice. Shake until well chilled. Strain into cobbler glass filled with crushed ice. Top with additional crushed ice. Garnish.

To make candy cap mushroom tincture: in a quart container, combine 1 cup dried candy cap mushrooms and Spyritus Rectifikowany (Polish rectified spirit), poured to a level to fill the container. Steep for 24 hours, strain and store.

To make Thai chili tincture: in a quart container, combine dried Thai chilies (enough to fill the container) and Spirytus Rektyfikowany, poured to a level to cover chilies. Steep for 24 hours, strain and store. 

Bar director Harris Tooley, The Bonnie, Astoria, New York, from Food Fanatics® magazine