"Ovule Spice" cocktail.

 

For the spice mix:

• One ounce of coconut milk,

• Half ounce of rice milk
• 4 cardamom pods (cracked open),
• 1 star anise
• 1/4 Ounce of fresh ginger (granted) 
• Three drops of rose water, 
• One drop of Vanilla essence
• Two squirts of sugar free sweetner of sugar syrup

Combine all the ingredients to a small pan, do not boil, gently heat for less than 10 minutes.  Ensure that the coconut and rice milk have been flavored by all the spices.  Strain into an espresso shot cup.  Set aside an cool to room temperature.  Do not refrigerate.  There should be to roughly two ounces of the spice mix ready to use for two cocktails.

Alcohol Base:

• Two ounces of a quality midtier Blanco Tequila, I used El Jimador.

Garnish:

• One cinnamon stick

Preparation:

Add ice to a shaker, followed by the two ounces of Tequila, then add only one ounce of the spice mix.  Shake well and double strain and serve into a chilled Martini glass, garnish with cinnamon stick.    

Background: 

Mexican food and drink is rustic and it is some of my favorite international cuisines.  It was the Americanization of Mexican dishes i,e fast food restaurants that actually added to the 'calorie myth' of traditional Mexican dishes, when in fact they are, like most cuineses were based around peasant eating habits when meat was not that readily available, basic, yet tasty.  So, there improvisation of layering and cultivating foods with what they had to eat, makes the traditional Mexican culinary experience special.  Therefor the floricultural element of Mexican food and drink has to be praised.   Same with Mexican desserts, more so chocolate that does not taste like the chocolates you would get from Europe or America, once again, there is raw, sweet and unique experience in tasting chocolate created in Mexico which has instilled thousands of years of Aztec history.  An unrefined delicacy.   This cocktail has all of those elements, I have just mentioned regarding Mexican cuisine.   But, no added chocolate.        

I present to you, "Ovule Spice". 

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(A.Glass 2023)