You’ve sworn off what feels like EVERYTHING in your New Year’s quest to eat healthier. Now it feels like you can’t even have a cocktail on a Sunday night with the girls. I’m just not an ALL or NOTHING gal, so I went to the EXPERTS at Slowly Shirley and Dante for the 411 to making our drinks a whole lot heather and here’s what they came up with. Using an array of health-infused herbs, spices and produce including: anti-inflammatory turmeric, energy boosting mugwort, strong antioxidant matcha and fibre rich carrots they created a few drinks that won’t leave you feeling guilty about not sticking with your goal.
Casablanca
Created by Ray Sakover for Slowly Shirley
Photo credit Nick Voderman
Ingredients
- 1oz Majon gin
- 1oz Scarlet Ibis
- 3/4 oz lemon
- 1/2 tsp turmeric juice
- 1/4 oz honey
- 1 oz date-demerara syrup
- (2-3/8 oz Moroccan syrup)
Glass: Collins
Ice: Pebble
Garnish: Date wrapped in lemon twist and cinnamon/ mint palm tree
All Day Bloody Mary
By Naren Young for Dante
Photo credit Dante
Ingredients
- 1.5 oz. Aylesbury Duck vodka
- ¼ oz. Ricard
- 5 oz. Bloody Mary mix**
- 2 dashes each of green & red Tabasco sauce
Method: Build over ice
Glass: Highball
Garnish: Fennel salt rim; skewer of pepperoncini, cherry tomato and cornichon + cucumber stick + grated horseradish
**The fresh vegetable juice ‘Mary Mix’ is made in big batches and left to infuse overnight. It is a mix of:
- 4 quarts fresh tomato juice
- 1/2 quart carrot juice
- 1/2 quart celery juice
- 1/2 quart fennel juice
- 1/2 quart cucumber juice
- 1/2 quart red bell pepper juice
- 8 oz. lemon juice
- 2 tbsp. tomato paste (dissolved in the lemon juice first)
- 4 tbsp. ground Maldon salt
- 3 tbsp. celery salt
- 3 tbsp. ground black pepper
- 5 oz. of Worcestershire sauce
Curse of Lo Pan
Created by Ray Sakover for Slowly Shirley
Photo credit Nick Voderman
Ingredients
- 2 oz Beefeater 24 Gin
- 1 egg white
- 3/4 oz lemon
- 1/2 oz jasmine pearl/ matcha syrup
- 1/2 oz coco mix
Glass: Coupe
Garnish: Matcha powder
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