L’Chayim
Sweet Cocktails for a New Year
Welcome in the New Year with Honey and Figs
Cocktail
1 1/2 tbsp fig puree
1/2 tsp honey (or more to taste)
2 oz ginger ale
1 1/2 oz vodka
2 tsp freshly squeezed lemon juice
Ingredients
To Make A Pitcher of Cocktails ice
1 1/3 cups fig puree
1/4 cup honey (or more to taste)
28 oz ginger ale (3 1/2 cups)
21 oz vodka (2 1/3 cups)
1/2 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice
Instructions
Fig Puree
Combine ingredients in a blender and pulse until smooth. Transfer to a container and refrigerate
for 2-3 days or use immediately to make cocktails. This recipe makes about 1 cup (8 oz.) puree,
which will make about 10 cocktails.
Cocktails
In a cocktail shaker, combine fig puree and honey. Mix with a spoon until homogenous. Add ginger
ale, vodka, lemon juice and ice and shake well. Start with 1/2 tsp honey to enhance the natural
sweetness and add more to taste if you need it. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with two
fresh fig quarters on a skewer.
Pitcher
You will need to make 1 1/2 times the fig puree recipe in the ingredient list above – 3 cups fresh
halved figs, 1 1/2 tbsp sugar, 1 tbsp filtered water, and 1 1/2 tsp freshly squeezed lemon juice
blended till smooth. Once the puree is made, measure out 1 1/3 cups of puree. You will have a little
puree left over, which you can save in a sealed container in the refrigerator to make more cocktails.
Combine 1 1/3 cups fig puree and 1/4 cup honey, mix with a spoon until homogenous. Add 3 1/2 cups
ginger ale, 2 1/3 cups vodka, 1/2 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice and ice. Stir to combine. Add
more honey to taste if you need it. Serve immediately with chilled cocktail glasses.
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Provided by Great Wines & Spirits, Memphis
Fig and Honey
Figs are one of the Seven Species mentioned in the Torah, and the cocktail is
sweetened by honey, which is appropriate for the high holidays.
Instructions for making a pitcher of the cocktail follow.
You can make the fig puree ahead, but the cocktail tastes best if stirred and mixed
just before serving. This cocktail would also be appropriate for Rosh Hashanah,
Sukkot, Labor Day or just because. L’Chayim!
Fig Puree
2 cups fresh figs, rinsed and halved
1 tbsp sugar
2 tsp filtered water
1 tsp freshly squeezed lemon juice
Samson’s Riddle
2 oz. Kosher-for-Passover Gin or Vodka
1 oz. Honey (Passover Certified)
.75 Lemon Juice
5 1-inch cubes of Fuji Apple
METHOD: Muddle apple with lemon juice and honey. Add vodka or gin and shake
vigorously with ice. Fine strain into rocks glass over ice and garnish with apple peel.
Great Wines & Spirits is located at 6150 Poplar Avenue in Regalia, Memphis,
TN, 38119. Vick Patel and his staff invite your questions and patronage.
Contact them at 901.682.1333 or greatwinesmemphis.com.
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