Everything That Sparkles

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• 2 oz of fresh lime juice
• 1 1/2 oz of Patron (or equivalent)
• 3/4 oz of Cointreau
• 1/4 oz of agave or simple syrup (more or less to taste)

Combine lime juice, Patron, Cointreau and agave syrup (or simple syrup) in a chilled cocktail shaker with ice. Shake well and vigorously, then pour over ice. If you like salt with your margarita, wet the rim of your glass with lime juice and then coat it by flipping the glass upside down on a plate holding the salt of your choice. (You know, before you fill it with ice and margarita goodness, that is.) Adjust the agave/simple syrup to your taste. My suggestion is to start with less and build up the sweetness until you find your own personal sweet spot.

Happy Friday!

The signature drink, a Venetian Spritz, is an intoxicating combination of Prosecco, Campari, and sparkling water.

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The Bramble (In Jello Shot Form)

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the Blackberry Layer. In a small mixing bowl, sprinkle the Knox and the Jell-O into the hot water and stir until completely dissolved, 5 to 7 minutes. Let sit for 5 minutes, then stir in the crème de mûre.

In a small, nonreactive baking dish or loaf pan, pour a few drops of cooking oil (grapeseed works well) and wipe out with a paper towel, coating the entire vessel with the barest layer. Pour blackberry mixture in and set to chill in refrigerator for at least 2 hours and up to overnight, making certain it is level.

Juice enough lemons to give you 2/3 cup juice, keeping the hulls as you squeeze. Roughly chop the squeezed hulls and put them in a coverable container along with the gin and the lemon juice. Leave at room temperature for at least 2 hours. It’s a good idea to do this before starting the float, so that by the time that has firmed up, your infusion is ready to go. When the float layer is firm, bloom the gelatin in the hot water by sprinkling it slowly while stirring, and continuing stirring until fully dissolved. Add the sugar and stir until that is also fully dissolved. Strain the gin mixture off from the lemon hulls through a fine sieve or chinoise and add it into the gelatin mixture, stirring well. Over a spoon, so as not to gouge a divot in the float layer, pour the lemon sour mix onto the float layer and return to refrigerator, again checking for levelness.

Chill overnight. When ready to serve, cut into squares, or use a cookie cutter for shapes, and pull up carefully, using a cake spatula to get under the blackberry layer. Garnish with a blackberry and/or a thin wedge of candied lemon. Or simply slurp.

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