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Recipe type: Cocktails Yield: 1 Prep time: 5 mins Cook time: mins Total time: 5 mins

Priscilla Willis of She’s Cookin’ shares the winning recipes from Home before sunriseThe Bungalow’s first quarterly cocktail competition.

Ingredients:

2 slices Fresh ginger root
2 dashes Angostura bitters
1 1/2 ounces Housemade rhubarb syrup (recipe below)
2 ounces Buffalo Trace Bourbon
1/2 ounce Fresh lemon juice
Garnish: Raspberry and a candied ginger stick

Directions:

1. In a shaker, muddle ginger and bitters in rhubarb syrup. Add remaining ingredients. Fill shaker 2/3 full with ice and shake.
2. Double strain into glass with ice, garnish and serve.
3. For housemade rhubarb syrup: Rough chop 1 pound fresh rhubarb. Add to a pot with 1 cup water. Bring to a boil and reduce heat. Simmer for 15 minutes or until rhubarb breaks down. Strain through cheesecloth into a separate pot. Add 1 cup sugar then bring liquid to a boil, reduce heat and simmer. Stir occasionally until sugar dissolves. Let cool. Add 1 tablespoon vodka, bottle and refrigerate. Can be kept up to a week.

Published on July 9, 2013 by Teri Williams