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Cardamom and Mint Cocktail
[Photograph: Kelly Carámbula]
The pairing of cardamom and mint gives this cocktail a light, cool flavor that make it easy to sip.
About the author: Kelly Carámbula blogs about her adventures in the kitchen, including a weekly happy hour, on eat make read. She is also the founder and publisher of Remedy Quarterly, an independent food magazine.
Cardamom and Mint Cocktail
About This Recipe
| Yield: | makes 1 cocktail |
| Active time: | 5 mintues |
| Total time: | 5 minutes |
| Special equipment: | Cocktail shaker, muddler, cocktail strainer, fine-mesh strainer |
| This recipe appears in: | Drinking in Season: Cardamom and Mint Cocktail |
Ingredients
- 5 mint leaves, plus 1 or 2 leaves for garnish
- 2 teaspoons sugar
- 2 cardamom pods
- 1 ounce freshly squeezed lime juice (from 1 lime)
- 2 ounces Lillet Blanc
- 1 ounce gin, like Hendricks
Procedures
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1
Muddle the mint leaves, sugar, cardamom pods and lime juice in the bottom of a cocktail shaker. Fill with ice and add the Lillet Blanc and gin. Shake vigorously for 10 seconds.
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2
Strain the cocktail through both the cocktail strainer and fine-mesh strainer into a cocktail glass. Garnish with mint leaves and serve immediately.
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