Pedestrian

Here’s a cocktail I invented last year and was thinking of today.  It’d be a good antidote for the cold windy rainy weather that has been assaulting San Francisco.

The Crispicy

2 oz Ginger Cardamon Vodka
1 oz Black Pepper Syrup
Juice of 1 lemon

Shake with ice and strain.

This makes a good batched and bottled cocktail to give to friends. Just mix up multiples of everything but the lemon juice and keep it in the fridge. Bottle it and gift it with lemons.  Instruct your friends to fresh squeeze 1 lemon with 3oz of the mix.

Black Pepper Syrup

1 cup water

1 cup sugar – it’s nice with brown sugar for color & extra flavor

15 or so black peppercorns

Boil 5 minutes, cool, then store in a glass jar in the fridge. Splash in an ounce of vodka to preserve it if you won’t use it up in the next week or two.

Ginger Cardamom Vodka

20 lightly crushed green cardamom pods

20 slices 1/4inch thick ginger

750ml vodka

Combine in a glass container.  Shake and check every day. I think it’s usually done (flavorful enough) within a day.