It’s Happy Hour, folks
Greetings Glutards! It’s Monday, and I wanted to make you all something that I am sure you can probably use today. No, it’s not any type of quinoa dish. Trust me, I am over that for a little while. Today, I decided to make you all a cocktail inspired by last night’s Golden Globe awards!
What a great awards ceremony. It was a night of glitz and glamour. There were fabulous designer clothes, witty female hosts, strange and overdue coming out speeches (you go, Jodie), and more drunk celebs than you could shake a martini at. I thought it would be fitting to make a gluten free cocktail to honor one of the big winners of the night, Les Miserables. So I made you all a Les Miserables Rum-Olution!
Here’s what you will need:
- 2 ounces of Bacardi Gold Rum (it’s gluten free!)
- 1 ounce unsweetened black cherry juice
- 1 ounce apple cider (or apple juice)
- fresh lemons, sliced
- Candied/Crystalized ginger
- lemon juice, ReaLemon works just fine
- sugar
Here’s how ya do:
In a martini shaker, place 2 slices of fresh lemon and about a teaspoon of sugar. Grate 2 pieces of your candied ginger into the shaker.
Muddle the mixer together with a muddler. If you are like me and don’t own a muddler, you can use the back end of a wooden spoon. You want to crush the lemons, ginger, and sugar together to get the flavors working nicely.
Add a hefty scoop of ice to your shaker. Pour in your 2 ounces of rum. You can measure this out. I used a speed pourer to measure mine. This would be about at a 6 count using a speed pourer.
Next, add in one ounce of your unsweetened black cherry juice. I used R.W. Knudsen Black Cherry juice that I found at Whole Foods. Then, add in one ounce of your apple cider of choice. You could use regular apple juice if you would like. I made this cocktail both ways and I found that the spice of the cider went very nicely with the ginger. If you want a lighter, less spiced cocktail, you can sub in the regular apple juice.
Add a couple dashes of your lemon juice to finish off the mix. Place the lid on your shaker and shake it like a Polaroid picture. You want to make sure all of your ingredients are incorporated, and your cocktail is ICE COLD! Thanks, Andre 3000…
Pour your mixture into your favorite martini glass. Garnish with a slice of lemon on the side of the glass, and a piece of candied ginger in the drink. This will be a fun surprise later.
And that’s it! Your finished product will be a delicious cocktail that is as red as the blood from our fallen revolutionaries. I dreamed a dream, and it was totally about this cocktail! I heard Jodie Foster had a few of these last night. Sorry Jodie… Much love to ya! <3
Muddle. Shake. Enjoy. Don’t drive. Let me know what you think!
Glutardedly Yours,
~Tim
On a side note, this post is a love letter to one of my favorite YouTube vloggers, Mamrie Hart of You Deserve a Drink! Mamrie, if you happen to read this, I think you are hysterical and extremely talented. <3
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