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  • starting to pour a blueberry shrub pisco sour cocktail
    Pickle Cocktails | Seasonal Cocktails | Syrups | Bitters/ Shrub syrups | Drinking Vinegars/ Sustainable Spring recipes

    Blueberry shrub pisco sour cocktail

    November 19, 2019
  • improved blueberry shrub syrup with fancy garnish
    Drinks | Refreshing | Hot/ Pickle Cocktails | Seasonal Cocktails | Syrups | Bitters/ Shrub syrups | Drinking Vinegars/ Sustainable Spring recipes

    Blueberry shrub syrup: thyme, lemon, spice

    November 19, 2019
  • making rose lavender dry martini with bottles in background
    Pickle Cocktails | Seasonal Cocktails | Syrups | Bitters/ Sustainable Spring recipes

    Rose lavender dry martini: cold infusion gin

    November 9, 2019

 

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I am a keen home cook, mum of two boys, partner to Phil, human of one gorgeous striped cat and a lively farm of composting worms. I love creating seasonal flavour pairing experiments with pickles and cocktails. I have a background in web content management and community building. More

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  • Improved blueberry shrub cocktail: homemade using in season blueberries infused with cinnamon, coriander, lemon, thyme, low GI cane sugar, preserved in light sweet sour coconut vinegar, served over crushed ice with soda water and improved with a port float. Garnished with fresh flowering thyme from my garden, fresh blueberries and a lemon twist. Inspired by Jerry Thomas' improved fine lemonade recipe - where sherry is added to enhance the flavour - here I have opted for port. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Choosing the vinegar when making a shrub syrup is key - as the flavour and style of the vinegar will greatly influence the end result - like matching wine with food. I chose a lighter style coconut vinegar with a delicate sweet and slightly sour flavour to allow the blueberries to be the main focus of the shrub. Shrubs are a great way to preserve abundant in season produce and to use up fruits that are a bit too soft or parts of veggies and herbs we usually throw away but that are packed with flavour such as herb stems. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Make the most of blueberry season - create your own blueberry shrub syrup for refreshing drinks, cocktails and desserts. Find the clickable link in my link tree available in my bio or paste this one into your browser: ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ http://www.peckofpickles.com.au/blueberry-shrub-syrup-thyme-lemon-spice/ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #lowabvcocktail #lowabv #lowabvcocktails #lowabvhighflavour #cocktailphotography #drinkstyling #cocktailgarden #homemade #homebartender #darktablemood #foodfluffer #foodvisitation #shrubsyrup #drinkingvinegar #coconutvinegar #blueberries #blueberryseason #portcocktail #eattheeasons #flavourpairing #peckofpicklesblog #cosyfoodphotography #rozelle #vintage #refreshingdrink #themoodytable #spring #picklecocktail #seasonalcocktail #sustainablecocktail
  • Rose lavender dry martini: using homemade cold infused gin with juniper berries, rose petals, lavender flowers, orange peel, coriander and other botanicals, French Vermouth, orange bitters and an orange twist. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ The first martinis were a sweet cocktail using sweet Old Tom Gin, sugar syrup, liqueurs and sweet Italian Vermouth. The Dry Martini featuring a dry style of unsweetened gin - London Dry or Plymouth - without the sugar syrup, liqueurs and sweet vermouth - paired with an equal amount of French Vermouth, a dash of orange bitters and citrus twist, was an invention of the 1890's. The lasting popularity of the martini is evident in recipes for dry martinis with orange bitters in cocktail manuals from the later 1930's although the ratio in these later recipes has changed to 2:1 gin to vermouth. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ This home infused gin is not a true distilled gin created by a heat based distillation process but it does feature the flavour profile of a gin using juniper and a range of other botanicals, including lavender and rose cold infused with vodka. Making your own gin is such a lovely way to better understand the ingredients that go into gin to create different flavour profiles and what better way to show this off than in a classic vintage style dry martini cocktail. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Make your own cold infusion gin and dry martini cocktail with the recipe on the blog, find the clickable link in my link tree available in my bio or paste this one into your browser: ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ http://www.peckofpickles.com.au/rose-lavender-dry-martini-cold-infusion-gin/ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #herbiesspices #dolinvermouth #batchbitters #orangebitters #666vodka #drymartini #martinicocktail #imbibe #vermouth #gin #juniper #cocktailphotography #drinkstyling #cocktailhistory #peckofpicklesblog #rozelle #lilyfield #slowfood #slowliving #doitfortheprocess #flavourpairing #darktablemood #foodfluffer #foodvisitation #vintagecocktailrecipes #lavender #rose #botanicals #vintage #cosyfoodphotography
  • Pickle blood orange Americano cocktail: pickle twist on Americano using a fermented blood orange soda homemade from scratch with a ginger bug starter, fresh blood oranges and cinnamon, paired with the bitterness of Campari and herbal complexity of Sweet Vermouth, ice and a fresh blood orange garnish. This is a delicious and refreshing low ABV and low sugar cocktail with a versatile soda flavour base that can be used to make cocktails and mocktails. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Origins of the Americano are in the Italian Milano-Torino or Mi-To cocktail - equal parts Campari and Sweet Vermouth over ice with an orange garnish - from the 1860's. Soda water was added to lengthen the drink which became popular with American tourists during Prohibition - hence the name Americano. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Celebrate the last of blood orange season and make your own pickle Americano cocktail with the recipe on the blog, find the clickable link in my link tree available in my bio or paste this one into your browser: ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ http://www.peckofpickles.com.au/pickle-blood-orange-americano-cocktail/ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #americanococktail #picklecocktail #ferment #fermentedsoda #bloodorange #campari #carpanoanticafourmula #pourshot #cocktailphotography #drinkstyling #foodstylingandphotography #foodvisitation #foodfluffer #ethereal_moods #ethereal_softness #peckofpicklesblog #makecosyfood #cosyfoodphotography #rozelle #leichhardt #lilyfield #balmain #innerwestsydney #craftcocktail #imbibe #onlyonedrink #lowsugar #lowabv #highballcocktail #aperitivo
  • Pickle gin buck cocktail homemade: using a fermented ginger beer made from scratch with a ginger bug starter, fresh lemon, gin, limoncello, ice, lemon slices and home grown lemon balm garnish. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Fermented ginger and seasonal fresh lemon twist on the Buck or London Buck cocktail popular in the 1920's - a celebration of fresh lemons and ginger. Versatile ginger beer base can be used to create a gin buck cocktail or a ginger lemon mocktail. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Make your own refreshing pickle gin buck with the recipes on the blog find the clickable link to this buck recipe in my link tree available in my bio or paste this one into your browser: ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ http://www.peckofpickles.com.au/pickle-gin-buck-cocktail-london-buck-buck/ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #ginbuckcocktail #londonbuckcocktail #buckcocktails #buckcocktail #vintagecocktail #cocktailphotography #drinkstyling #ferment #picklecocktail #seasonalcocktail #gingerbeer #lemonmyrtle #lemon #gin #gincocktail #imbibe #homebartender #flavourpairing #limoncello #slowfood #slowliving #doitfortheprocess #shadows #fromscratch #homemade #citruscocktail #foodfluffer #darktablemood #foodvisitation #ethereal_moods
  • Pickle La Paloma Cocktail: seasonal pink grapefruit pickle twist on classic Mexican La Paloma cocktail using a homemade fermented pink grapefruit soda. 'La Paloma' means the dove in Spanish and is a popular Mexican tequila and grapefruit cocktail. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ This pickle La Paloma twist features a homemade fermented grapefruit soda with cinnamon, fresh lime and grapefruit juice, blanco tequila, a grapefruit cinnamon salt rim and pink grapefruit garnish. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Make the most of pink grapefruit season and Spring with a refreshing Pickle La Paloma Cocktail find the clickable link for the recipe on the blog in my link tree in my bio or paste this one into your browser: ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ http://www.peckofpickles.com.au/pickle-la-paloma-cocktail-fermented-grapefruit-soda/ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #lapalomacocktail #pickledcocktail #highball #pinkgrapefruit #spring #grapefruitsoda #tequila #tequilacocktail #mexicancocktail #refreshingdrink #sour #onlyonedrink #igoforsimplicity #drinkstyling #cocktailphotography #playingwithlight #ethereal_moods #ethereal_softness #darktablemood #foodfluffer #foodvisitation #peckofpicklesblog #rozelle #lilyfield #seekthesimplicity #slowliving #slowfood #ferment #fermentedsoda #picklecocktails
  • Lemon myrtle ginger beer spiders with macadamia aquafaba ice cream: homemade using fermented ginger beer infused with lemon myrtle and cinnamon, from scratch macadamia milk aquafaba ice cream flavoured with lemon myrtle, cinnamon and vanilla. A versatile low alcohol refreshing drink with real protein rich ice cream and bubbly fermented lemon myrtle ginger beer that can be served straight up for a fermented ginger pickle twist on the classic Australian milk bar spider or turned into a boozy Victorian ginger spider cocktail with a shot of brandy. Aquafaba is the cooking brine leftover from cooking chickpeas and can be beaten into stiff peaks like egg whites to incorporate sugar and other flavourings like macadamia milk and lemon myrtle for a no churn plant based ice cream. Spider referred to a brandy and ginger beer cocktail in the 1880’s in Australia and by the 1930’s and 1940’s a spider was a ginger beer, syrup and ice cream milk bar concoction with a foamy spidery head minus the brandy. I’ve recreated the milk bar version with a mildly alcoholic fermented ginger beer that you can easily serve as is; or if you want a soft drink skip the secondary fermentation; for a spider cocktail add a shot of your favourite brandy – pisco, cognac… This is peck of pickles xmas drink – get ready for Christmas now with a rewarding slow living project of fermenting your own ginger beer from scratch with a ginger bug starter so you can make your own lemon myrtle ginger beer spiders and macadamia aquafaba ice cream. Find the clickable link in my link tree available in my bio or paste this one into your browser: https://www.peckofpickles.com.au/lemon-myrtle-ginger-beer-spiders-macadamia-aquafaba-ice-cream/ #stopmotion #actionshots #gingerbeer #ferment #lemonmyrtle #macadamias #aquafaba #nicecream #plantbased #pourshot #sprinkleshot #drinksphotography #drinksstyling #peckofpicklesblog #rozelle #lilyfield #darktablemood #foodfluffer #foodvisitation #stopmotiondrinks #gingerbeerspider #spider #icecreamspider #spidercocktail #cosyfoodphotography #makecosyfood #xmasdrink #australianclassic #christmasdrink #slowliving
  • Strawberry ginger beer Chilcano de pisco cocktail: Peruvian brandy cocktail using in season pink grapefruit juice, grapefruit bitters, homemade fermented strawberry ginger beer infused with ginger, strawberry, cinnamon, hibiscus and rose petals. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ The Chilcano de pisco is a traditional Peruvian way of drinking pisco brandy with lime, bitters, ice and ginger ale. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ There are interesting theories as to the origin of this cocktail including an association with an Italian pick me up grappa based cocktail the Buon Giorno introduced to Peru in the 19th Century by Italian immigrants and then changed up for pisco instead of grappa taking on the name of Chilcano perhaps due to the common pick me up properties held by the cocktail and fish head soup chilcano de pescado. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Popularity of the Chilcano de pisco coincides with an international craze for highball cocktails in the 1900's - highball may refer to top speed of a steam locomotive when the ball of the pressure gauge sits at the top of the gauge thus 'highballing'. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Highball your own pick me up chilcano de pisco cocktail with pisco, in season pink grapefruit and homemade strawberry ginger beer with the recipes on the blog. There is everything you will need to make your own ginger beer from scratch and create a delicious mocktail or cocktail. Find the clickable link in my link tree or paste this one into your browser: ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ http://www.peckofpickles.com.au/strawberry-ginger-beer-chilcano-de-pisco/ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #chilcano #chilcanodepisco #chilcanito #chilcanococktail #piscoperuano #pisco #barsolpisco #piscococktail #peruvianbrandycocktail #AustralianBitters #gingerbeer #gingerbug #fermenting #ferment #strawberry #pinkgrapefruit #highball #highballcocktail #peckofpicklesblog #rozelle #lilyfield #ethereal_moods #ethereal_softness #darktablemood #foodvisitation #foodfluffer #foodphotographyandstyling #drinkstyling #cocktailhistory #still_life_gallery
  • Improved strawberry shrub: strawberry pickle twist on Jerry Thomas' 1862 '222. Lemonade.' by the glass recipe with a port float. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Versatile shrub syrup for use in cocktails, mocktails and desserts made with in season strawberries, blood orange juice and zest, low GI cane sugar, coconut vinegar and cinnamon. The shrub syrup can be batch made ahead of time for parties and then served over crushed ice as is or improved with a delicious port float adding a punch of rich cherry and spice flavour for a delicious low alcohol fancy party drink. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Make your own improved strawberry shrub syrup with the recipe on the blog find the clickable link in my link tree available in my bio or paste this one into your browser: ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ http://www.peckofpickles.com.au/improved-strawberry-shrub-port-cocktail/ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #handsinframe #garnish #strawberry #strawberryseason #whenhandscreate #playingwithlight #hardlight #shadows #port #lowabvcocktail #bonviviantscompanion #jerrythomas #lemonade #orangeade #shrubsyrup #strawberrysyrup #preserving #seasonalcocktail #seasonalmocktail #bloodorange #cinnamon #coconutvinegar #port #cockburnsport #foodvisitation #foodfluffer #darktablemood #foodstylingandphotoraphy #cocktailphotography #peckofpicklesblog
  • Quince Alexander: seasonal quince twist on Harry Craddock's 1930 Alexander Cocktail. (No. 2.) using equal parts homemade quince wattleseed infused cognac, dark creme de cocoa, coconut cream, with a crushed wattleseed garnish. A tart floral quince dessert drink with creamy chocolate spice notes finished with toasted coffee chocolate flavoured wattleseed. Wattleseed is an Australian indigenous spice derived from acacia tree seeds. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ The Alexander was at first a gin based chocolate and cream cocktail with later variations such as Craddock's 1930 recipe featuring brandy referred to as an Alexander Cocktail. (No. 2.), an Alexander, or Panama Cocktail. This quince version adds a complex quince and spice flavour but maintains the equal parts formula. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Make your own quince cordial and seasonal cocktails with the recipes on the blog. Find the clickable link for this recipe for a Quince Alexander in my link tree available in my bio or paste this one into your browser: ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ http://www.peckofpickles.com.au/quince-wattleseed-alexander-cocktail/ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #quince #alexandercocktail #panamacocktail #brandyalexander #chocolatecocktail #dessertcocktail #chocolate #cremedecocoa #coconutcream #plantbased #quincebrandy #quincecordial #quinceratafia #wattleseed #seasonalcocktail #onlyonedrink #imbibe #drinkstyling #harrycraddock #savoycocktailbook #foodfluffer #darktablemood #foodvisitation #cocktailphotography #cognaccocktails #hennessycognac @hennessy #peckofpicklesblog #rozelle #foodieblog #stilllife

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