Greensleeves Greensleeves

THIS MONTH’S COCKTAIL CELEBRATES

BOTH ST. PATRICK'S DAY AND UTILIZES WHAT YOU ALREADY HAVE IN THE PANTRY. Not everyone has a fully stocked bar with spirits and liqueurs to choose from, and you might not want to run to the store to buy a bunch of bottles you potentially will not use again. But with a little ingenuity, you can almost always make a delicious cocktail with what you have on hand. Don’t have vanilla beans? Use an extract. Don’t want to buy Chareau? Muddle a few mint leaves into the syrup right before shaking.

This whiskey-forward cocktail is slightly herbaceous – with just the right amount of sweet-and-sour balance.

Orange Vanilla Syrup

1 cup orange juice, freshly squeezed

1 cup granulated sugar

1 vanilla bean pod, split lengthwise, scraped and dropped into mixture

/ preparation / Bring juice and sugar to a boil in a medium saucepan, stirring occasionally to prevent any scorching. When sugar dissolves, add vanilla pod and simmer for a few minutes. Take off heat, and let syrup cool completely. Strain and store in refrigerator. Keeps for about one month.

Greensleeves Cocktail

YIELDS | 1 DRINK |

2 oz Bushmills IrishWhiskey

½ oz orange vanilla syrup

¼ oz lime juice

1 BarspoonChareauAloeLiqueur greenmaraschinocherries (for garnish)

/ preparation / Place maraschino cherry in the bottom of a coupe glass. Shake whiskey, syrup, lime and Chareau in a shaker tin with ice for 10 seconds. Double strain into coupe. Serve immediately.