Heart Beets
“Beets are a fun cocktail ingredient. They are sweet, earthy, and beautiful in color. Ditch the white shirt while making this.”
— Robb Jones, Meteor Bar
DIFFICULTY: ADVANCED
TIME: 5 MIN + 15 MIN FOR PREP
GLASSWARE: Coupe
Recipe:
¾ oz Beet Honey Syrup
¾ oz Fresh Lemon Juice
1 Fresh Egg White
1 Dash Peychaud’s Bitters
INSTRUCTIONS:
Combine all ingredients and shake briefly without ice to combine (Called a ‘dry shake’). Add ice, then shake hard. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with drops of Peychaud’s bitters.
Beet Honey Syrup:
Juice of 1 to 2 Beets
The juice from a can of beets can be used if you don’t have a juicer
Honey
Salt
Use a juicer to extract the juice from 1 to 2 beets; alternately, you can use bottled beet juice. Combine beet juice with an equal part of honey, and a pinch of salt, together in a sealed container and shake until well combined.
Weekly Good Acre CSA cocktail recipes brought to you by Far North Spirits and the bartenders of Meteor: “Old Ass Bar, Good Ass Hot Dogs and Stuff.”