This months Mixology Monday is all about ginger and is hosted by our own RumDood and he says:
For the MxMo: Ginger, participation is relatively simple.
- Find or concoct a cocktail recipe that uses ginger in one of its many forms as an ingredient. This can be muddled ginger, sliced ginger, ginger syrup, ginger beer (commercial or homemade), ginger liqueur, ginger candy, or pieces of a shredded photo of Ginger from Gilligan’s Island.
- Make this recipe, take a picture of it, and then post the recipe, your thoughts about the recipe, and your photo on your blog or at the eGullet Spirits and Cocktails forum.
I think Dood have picked a great theme and no surprise – its very rum-friendly.
Indeed ginger is one of my favorite spices, its one of my essentials and not only for cooking and cocktail mixing and infusions its my no 1 cold remedy as well. You just boil up some chopped ginger root with 1L water and leave overnight to steep, then drink it as tea with milk and honey or just as is.
Using ginger in cocktail mixing – there are almost unlimited options here, you can use the lovely fragrant and biting ginger in so many ways and in so many cocktails. I think ginger pairs exceptionally well with rum but also with cachaca, tequila, mezcal, bourbon..you name it – actually i wonder what ginger wouldn`t pair well with?
As its summer and hot (well..at least its supposed to be but someone told me the Swedish summer has moved to the US) i wanted to make something refreshing and oh..this wonderful spicy flavor and aroma is so addictive!
Yesterday i passed by the multi-equipped Indian-Caribbean shop here to see if they have yet gotten any more Ting but they didn´t.. so i picked a can of ginger beer instead and decided to use it for this MxMo post.
Then i also decided to make a cocktail that is gingery in every way i can make it including using ginger leaves for the garnish and here it is:
ZINGIBER COCKTAIL
I really should have made homemade ginger beer but i didn`t have the time – ok i admit…i was lazy – so i used Old Jamaica ginger beer, more or less the only ginger beer sold here. I find ginger beer to be a lovely cocktail mixer and it goes very well with JWray too.
Well, this cocktail here is all about the ginger really – and rum – and both are friends of mine.