Feature: Tart Cherry Habanero
Drink:
Scorngria
This quietly seething sangria is a little less sweet, a little sharper on the tongue, and has a score to settle that’s palpable
Yield: 2 cocktails
Ingredients
Drink
- 1 cup (8 oz) dryish red wine
- 1/4 cup R-WOL
- 1/4 cup maraschino cherry juice
- 10 juniper berries
- 10 black peppercorns
- 1 dash (1/8 teaspoon) black cardamom
- 1/4 tart cherry habanero
- 6 ice cubes
Garnish
- 10 saffron threads
- 6 maraschino cherries
Directions
- Crack and coarsely grind black peppercorns, juniper berries, black cardamom seeds, and tart cherry habanero with mortar and pestle
- Combine ground spices, wine, R-WOL, cherry juice, and ice cubes in cocktail shaker
- Shake, shake, shake, shake it up!
- Pour into glasses and garnish with saffron threads
Notes
If you don’t have black cardamom, either omit or substitute like, 3 drops liquid smoke. Do NOT substitute green cardamom: they are *not the same*.
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