Bourbon House
Mardi Gras is king cake season,
when bakers crank out sweet,
cinnamony cakes in honor of the
Bible’s Three Kings. The cakes are
topped with colored sugars—purple
for justice, green for faith and gold
for power—and are often baked
with a tiny plastic baby inside.
Bourbon House riffs on the idea with
a creamy king cake drink garnished
with purple, green and gold sugar.
bourbonhouse.com
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MAKES: 1 drink
1 cup vanilla ice cream
1¾ ounces gold rum
½ ounce cinnamon syrup
¼ ounce orgeat (almond syrup)
¼ ounce orange juice
Purple, green and gold sanding sugar,
for sprinkling
- Combine the ice cream, rum,
cinnamon syrup, orgeat and
orange juice in a blender. Blend
until smooth.
- Pour the drink into a short glass.
Sprinkle with the sanding sugar.
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FOR THE HONEY-SAGE SYRUP
1 sage leaf
5 ounces honey
FOR THE COCKTAIL
3 blackberries
1½ ounces bourbon
1¼ ounces lemon juice
1 sage leaf
- Make the honey-sage syrup: Bring ¾ cup
water and the sage to a boil in a small saucepan.
Reduce the heat and simmer 7 to 10 minutes.
Remove the sage leaf and stir in the honey until
combined. Let cool.
- Make the cocktail: Muddle the blackberries in
a cocktail shaker. Add the bourbon, lemon juice and
¾ to 1¼ ounces of the honey-sage syrup. Add ice
and shake well.
- Strain the cocktail into a chilled coupe glass.
Smack the sage between the palms of your hands to
release its oils, then lay across the top of the cocktail.
MAKES: 1 drink (plus extra honey-sage syrup)
Broussard’s
To celebrate Broussard’s
the bar staff brought back
this favorite cocktail from
the 1940s. It’s an elegant
take on the whiskey sour,
named for the late dancer
Isadora Duncan: The sage-
leaf garnish represents the
silk scarf she was wearing
at the time of her sudden
death. broussards.com
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JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2021 ●FOOD NETWORK MAGAZINE 91