Drink One - Red Pepper Fizz
30ml Red Pepper Vodka*
30ml Red Pepper Noilly Prat*
20ml Sugar Syrup
1 Pip Citric Acid Solution*
35ml Prosecco
Method - Build up over ice and top with prosecco. Serve in a wine glass with a red pepper slice
*Red Pepper Vodka
Cut the ends from 6 Red Peppers and put aside. Chop the peppers and add to a vacuum bag with 700ml Vodka. Seal and place in a souse-vide bath at 50° and cook for 35mins. Allow to cool and then filter.
Alternatively, add these to a non-reactive container and cover with the vodka. Seal and leave to infuse for a minimum of 12hrs in a cool place. Filter
*Red Pepper Stalk Vermouth
Chop the leftover stalks and add to a vacuum bag, with 350ml Dry Vermouth. Seal and place in a souse-vide bath at 45° and cook for 3mins. Allow to cool and then filter.
Alternatively, add to a non-reactive container. Cover with 350ml Dry Vermouth. Seal and leave to infuse for 8hrs. Filter.
*Citric Acid Solution
Great to add additional acidity to drinks.
Add 5g of citric acid powder to 50ml of vodka. Mix well to dissolve powder. Decant into a dash or pipette bottle.
Drink Two - Lemon Verbena Spritz
25ml Tio Pepe
35ml Verbena Cordial (100g Verbena//500ml Sugar Syrup//1g Citric Acid)*
1 Dash Lemon Bitters
75ml Prosecco
Method - Build up over ice and top with prosecco. Serve in a highball glass with a verbena stem
*Lemon Verbena Cordial
In a pan over a medium heat, add 700ml or sugar syrup and 30g of lemon verbena.
Stir to infuse and leave simmering for approximately 20-30mins, ensuring you do not boil the syrup. Filter
Drink Three - Pine Needle Lemonade
35ml Gin (infused with 220g pine needles per 700ml of vodka)*
15ml Clarified Grapefruit*
15ml Elderflower Cordial
10ml Sugar Syrup
1 Lemon Bitters
50ml Soda
Method - Build up over ice and top with soda water. Serve in a wine glass with a pine stalk.
*Infused Gin
Place cleaned pine needles in a non-reactive container and cover with the gin.
Leave to infuse for a minimum of 24hrs then filter.
*Filtered Grapefruit
Pass grapefruit through a coffee filter to collect any unwanted solids.
