Featured Mixologist Justine Bassani

Name: Justine Bassani

Hometown: Trumbull, CT

Nationality: American

Birthday: 7/1

Sign: Cancer

Where You Bartend: Mama’s Boy Southern Table and Refuge

How Many Years Bartending: 8

Favorite Cocktail: Scarlett O

Favorite Beer: Petrus Red

Favorite Shot: Fernet Branca

Favorite Bar In The World To Have A Drink: Prince Albert in Notting Hill London

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Justine’s Own Signature Cocktail: The Scarlett O

Ingredients
(Created by the Amazing Justine Bassani)

Small batch

For the ginger beet simple syrup

• 1 cup fresh beet juice
• Juice of 1/2 inch fresh ginger
• Zest of 1/2 a lemon
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup water

Large batch

• Beet simple
• 5 lbs beets
• 1 lb ginger
• 2 lemons zest
• 1 celery stick
• 2 qt sugar
• 2 quarts h20

Preparation: Add all above ingredients to saucepan and bring to boil. Remove from heat and let cool. Syrup can be stored refrigerated indefinitely. Fill shaker with ice and add two ounces Peach Ciroc, juice of half a lemon and two ounces of beet ginger simple syrup. Shake vigorously and pour into martini glass rimmed with lemon juice and dipped into sugar. Garnish with a lemon twist.