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Green with Envy
Ingredients
- For the cocktail
- • ¼ cup peeled, chopped Granny Smith apple
- • 2 ounces celery infused gin (see below for recipe)
- • ½ ounce fresh squeezed lemon juice (I used Meyer)
- • ½ ounce simple syrup
- • 2-3 dashes Angostura Bitters
- • Dash Tabasco
- For the celery infused gin
- • 16-inch length of crisp green celery stalk (end trimmed)
- • 16-inch length of an inner celery stalk with leaves (end trimmed)
- • 1/8 teaspoon crushed green anise seed (can substitute fennel seed)
- • 2 cups gin
For the cocktail
- Muddle apple in a cocktail shaker.
- Add liquid ingredients.
- Fill shaker with ice, close and shake vigorously for 5-7 seconds, until shaker is frosty and cold. Strain into chilled martini glass. Garnish with tender celery stalk if desired. Enjoy and repeat. Sharing optional.
- For the celery infused gin
- Cut celery into two-inch lengths. Combine ingredients in an airtight container, such as a quart jar. Allow mixture to infuse for 2 days, shaking jar a few times a day. On the second day, strain out solids, return infused gin to jar and refrigerate until needed.
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