Hot Potato

by Adriel Deayon - @freespiritwildhear45/@smilebartending

Ingredients

  • 2 oz Chopin Potato Vodka
  • 1/2 oz Cointreau
  • 1 1/2 oz Sweet potato syrup*
  • 1 oz Lemon Juice
  • 1 egg white
  • 3-4 dashes Scrappy’s firewater

Preparation

  1. Add Chopin Potato Vodka, Cointreau, Lemon Juice, Syrup, Egg Whites, Bitters to a shaking tin and dry shake for 10-15 seconds.
  2. Add ice to shaking tin and shake for an additional 10-12 seconds or until the shaker is very cold.
  3. Strain into a chilled Nick & Nora glass or Coupe glass and top with edible Purple Orchid Blossom.

*Sweet Potato Syrup


Ingredients

  • 1 Sweet Potato
  • 1/2 Cup Granulated Sugar
  • 1 Teaspoon Ground Nutmeg
  • 1 Teaspoon Ground Cinnamon Cheese Cloth Strainer
  • 1 Cut Sweet Potato into large pieces

Preparation

  1. Boil sweet potato for about 30-40 mins to soften the potato.
  2. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
  3. Place the sweet potato chunks in a roasting pan, season with 1 teaspoon of sugar, 1 teaspoon of cinnamon, 1 teaspoon of nutmeg, cover with aluminum foil and roast until soft in the center, approx.. 1 hour.
  4. Remove and discard skins, and let the left over juices from the potato cool in the pan.
  5. Pour the juices into a small saucepan.
  6. Combine 1 cup water, 3 tablespoons of the sweet potato,1/2 cup of sugar into the small saucepan.
  7. Bring to a slow simmer over low heat, stirring occasionally, until the sugar and sweet potatoes have dissolved into the syrup.
  8. Let cool and strain syrup using cheese cloth and strainer into a glass container or mason jar.
  9. Keep refrigerated and use with 3 weeks.

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