Something else I wrote in the newsletter on syrups was that I rarely make stovetop heated syrups anymore. The active portion of this process should take you no more than a half an hour, and possibly closer to 15 minutes.
Making the syrup for year’s drink, in contrast, takes just a few hours, nearly all of which is cook time, where you can do something else. But it also takes several days to infuse, which means you need to plan pretty far ahead. The Thanksgiving Sour we made last year, for example, is delicious and relatively easy to make. And unlike boozy infusions, which can take days or weeks, syrups are also relatively quick to make. Syrups are just liquid and sugar, and compared to booze, sugar is quite cheap. A Syrup You Can Make In an AfternoonĪs I said in the newsletter on syrups, custom syrups are the easiest, fastest, least expensive way to add novel flavors into cocktails.
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So today, we’re going to learn how to make that syrup, and then we’ll look at several different ways to use it. Relatedly, this is the one week of the year when I can reasonably expect that many of you will already have pumpkin puree - an important ingredient in both pumpkin pie and this cocktail - in your pantry.īut I’m also sending it now because it’s a useful illustration of some of the principles and techniques I discussed in my recent newsletter on syrups : Indeed, it’s fair to say that the pretty much the entire trick to this drink is to make a good, solid pumpkin-spice syrup. The main reason I’m sending it this week should be fairly obvious: It’s Thanksgiving, and a boozy cocktail that tastes like pumpkin pie makes a great Turkey Day nightcap. No, if you make this drink right, you get a delicious, classic-style cocktail that also tastes of pumpkin pie.
Not cloying or over-sweet, not aggressively spiced or too eager to show off its signature flavor. On the contrary, we’re going to make this drink because it is, in fact, good. It might even be somewhat fair to call it pandering.īut it’s not crude, and it’s pretty far from an appletini. This is crude cocktail-newsletter pandering. I know what you’re probably thinking: This is silly.
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