Cocktails
Sleepy Horses
Ingredients
- 2 oz Wild Turkey Bourbon
- 1 oz Fresh Pink Grapefruit Juice
- 1/2 oz Tamarind Syrup
- 2 dashes Poppy Seed Tincture (with Poppy Seeds)
Methodology
- Shake first three ingredients on ice and strain into a highball glass over ice.
- Finish with Poppy Seed Tincture and Poppy Seeds to garnish
Tarmarind Syrup: Soak 8oz of Tamarind paste in 2L of hot water of 20 minutes. Strain through a fine meshed seive. Add equal part of sugar to the tarmarind water (8 cups) and stir to dissolve the sugar and create a simple syrup.
Poppy Seed Tincture: Let 1 oz Poppy Seeds sit in 2oz of high proof alcohol for 3 weeks. After 3 weeks the tincture is ready to use. Separate the seeds from the liquid by straining through a tea strainer. Keep the poppy seeds for garnish.
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