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Desert Dweller Cocktail
Cocktails & Beverages from Issue 5 – Spring / Summer 2014 – Caravan
The ideal companion for desert sunset watching. (pictured right)
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Desert Dweller Cocktail
Aromatic sage liqueur and prickly-pear preserves give this mezcal refresher by Pamela and Christina Dylag, of Las Vegas’s Velveteen Rabbit, a desert feel.
makes 1 cocktail (pictured right)
- 1 oz (2 Tbsp) Alipus mezcal
- ½ oz (1 Tbsp) Art in the Age Sage liqueur
- ¾ oz (1 ½ Tbsp) fresh lime juice
- ½ oz (1 Tbsp) simple syrup*
- 1 tsp prickly-pear jelly or preserves
- sage leaf for garnish
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Place all ingredients into a shaker glass filled with ice. Double strain into a chilled coupe glass and garnish with a sage leaf. (Slap the leaf to release the aromatics).
Simple syrup: Bring equal parts water and sugar to a simmer, stirring to dissolve sugar, then cool and chill.
