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First Cut: A Pisco Cocktail

Leesly Valdez of Houston’s Anvil had disliked onions since childhood, until she tasted green onions, which completely changed her tune. “I starting adding them on everything, even on things that didn’t make sense,” she says. So, naturally, when she created this pisco cocktail with aloe liqueur and pineapple, “I knew there was no better onion to use than the one that changed my opinion of onions.”

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 oz. pisco
  • 1 oz. green onion syrup
  • 1/2 oz. fresh pineapple juice
  • 1/4 oz. fresh lime juice
  • 1 barspoon Chareau
  • 1 barspoon rich simple syrup
  • 1 dash saline solution 10%
  • Tools:shaker, strainer, fine-mesh strainer
  • Glass:rocks
  • Garnish:green onion threads

Preparation

Add all of the ingredients to a shaker with ice. Shake to chill, then fine strain into a glass over crushed ice. Garnish.
Green Onion SyrupBlanch 1/2 cup of green onions by dropping them in boiling water for two minutes and then immediately transfer them to a bowl of ice water. Blend with 1 cup of simple syrup. Will keep in the refrigerator for 1 week.
Saline Solution 10%Combine an 10:1 ratio of hot water to salt, then shake until the salt is fully dissolved. Cool before use.

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