Lot 12 | Dove + Deer(Featured Chef GM Jessica Arnold & team)
From GM Jessica Arnold and the bar team at Dove + Deer in Albany's historic Center Square. Lot 12 is a honeyed cocktail with the smokiness of mezcal and the kick of ginger. Garnish with a Tajin salt rim or candied ginger on a cocktail pick. Check out the cocktails and seasonal menu at Dove + Deer.
Ingredients
Ingredients
| 1 oz honey simple syrup |
| 2 oz mezcal |
| 2 oz ginger beer |
| 1/2 tsp lime juice (1/2 lime) |
| 1 tsp Tajin chile salt (optional) |
Lot 12 | Dove + Deer Directions
Steps:
1. Combine honey simple syrup, mezcal and lime juice in a tumbler with ice.
2. Shake for 15 seconds.
3. Pour into a coupe or over a large ice cube in a rocks glass. (Optional to rim the glass with Tajin salt. See notes.)
Recipe notes
For the honey simple syrup, use equal parts (1:1) honey and water.
1/2 cup of each is usual but adjust according to the sweetness of your honey. Some very sweet honeys will be better at a 2:1 ratio of water to honey
Directions:
1. Heat 1/2 cup water to a simmer. Remove from the stove.
2. Stir in 1/2 cup of honey and keep stirring until it has dissolved. (NOTE: It's better to mix in the honey off the heat so you don't reduce (thicken) the syrup by boiling off the water.)
GARNISH, optional:
- Lemon sugar-salt rim: Invert the glass and dip the edges in saucer of lemon or lime juice, and then into a Tajin salt.
- Garnish with a candied ginger on a cocktail pick or a twist of lime peel.
