I'm doing a ginger Turmeric Cosmos.
I made simple syrup with ginger and Turmeric,
really easy to make simple syrup.
As I've said a million times before, half sugar,
half water, melt the sugar over heat with the water until it
dissolves, then store it in the fridge.
In this case,
slice up a bunch of ginger root,
which Rachel had from her recipe anyway.
And then she also had some Turmeric root and I just,
I steeped that in the hot, simple syrup.
Let it set for,
I don't know about an hour or so then I strained it out,
put it in the fridge and this beautiful golden cued,
simple syrup, which is just filled with flavor.
We're going to use that in the drink. Anyway,
I have uh two martini glasses chilling and uh you know,
Cosmos is, I guess, since like the eighties or so,
it's been one of those new classic cocktails,
Well, certainly since sex in the city of Sex in the City,
Sex In The City, popular,
SJP popularized the Cosmos Vodka.
Although I think originally it was like absolute Citron or
something, but I'm just using regular vodka.
It doesn't matter all that much.
Then this stuff is called Quantro. You can use triple sec.
It's basically a, an orange based liqueur
just to add a little sweetness to it.
Of course,
you're going to add your cranberry or in this case,
pomegranate juice
gives it that beautiful red.
I mean the Cosmos wouldn't be a Cosmos
for it not for the fact
that it was this red pinkish hue. It's like a pink martini.
It's cheerful.
It's quite festive.
Then we're gonna put a little bit of fresh squeezed lime
juice in there.
You know, I like,
it's always good with the cocktail
to have balanced sweet sour.
And that's the recipe, recipes for cocktails.
And so now we're going to do
sweet and sour and a little bit
sweet and spicy. Cause I have that ginger turmeric,
simple syrup, which I'm dripping all over the counter.
That's going to be great. Fun to clean up.
Not a party 'til you make a mess.
That's what they say.
No, it's not what they say.
That's what they say in this house
So I'm filling my cocktail shaker with ice
and then a shaky shaky is my favorite part of the drink,
making progress and shaking,
not only chill the drink, it also,
you need a little bit of dilution in a cocktail.
You know, otherwise those spirits are a little sharp.
You want to taste that flavors.
You don't just want like boom buck in your mouth.
So I'm now going to strain,
which will hopefully be a delicious cocktail that my wife
will enjoy into these very chilled
martini glasses.
And then for a garnish,
I have just some, uh, a lime twist.
I have this thing called the channel lime.
It just goes [Loop] around the lime and then it goes,
It goes [Loop]
and then you have a little twist.
You could also use just a regular knife. It doesn't matter.
But sometimes I like doing this because it's fun
at home. You gotta go get more fun.
And when you, when you twist or cut citrus over a drink,
trying aim it face down into the drink because there's oils
in the skin,
essential oils will express into the drink and give it like
a beautiful tart flavor.
Wow. We're done.
Look at that. I made a ginger turmeric Cosmos.