Good food and good drinks go hand in hand, when combined properly, they can result in a marvelous dining experience. When one thinks about pairing a dish with alcohol, wine is probably the first choice. But ow cocktail pairing for your food is a new-age trend as mixologists become more creative and innovative.
While pairing your delicacies with wine might be easier than a cocktail, but the new age cocktail pairing is fun and offers a surprisingly flavourful experience.
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It is a cocktail that hits the perfect sweet notes; a spicy Indian chicken curry would go very well with it as the spicy part of the food will be balanced by the sweetness of honey.
2 oz Jack Daniel's Tennessee Honey
6 mint Leaves
0.5 oz Lemon Juice
0.5 oz Sugar Syrup
Crushed Ice
1 Mint Sprig
Indian chicken curry would go very well with Jack Honey Smash. Pixabay
1/2 fill a cocktail shaker with cubed ice.
Add all ingredients and whisk vigorously without ice for 15-20 seconds.
2/3 fill a highball glass with crushed ice.
Strain the liquid into the glass and garnish with a mint sprig
A combination of sweet and sour, so would recommend any food with rich fat like grilled steaks, cheese pizza or butter chicken.
2 oz Gentleman Jack
0.75 oz Lemon Juice
0.5 oz Simple Syrup
1 dash Bitters
1/2 fill a cocktail shaker with cubed ice.
Add all ingredients and shake vigorously for 20-30 seconds.
1/2 fill a rocks glass with cubed ice.
Strain the liquid into the glass
Add lemon wedge to garnish
Woodfood Reserve Mule is a great cocktail with ratatouille and pastas. Pixabay
It is a great cocktail with ratatouille and pastas.
1.5 oz Woodford Reserve Bourbon
Dry ginger ale
Fill a mug with ice.
Add Woodford Reserve.
Top with ginger beer.
Garnish with a lemon wedge
Gentleman and Ginger is made with sparkling ginger ale and this will go well with any kind of cuisine. Pixabay
This cocktail is made with sparkling ginger ale and this will go well with any kind of cuisine. We suggest a sushi platter so that the punch of wasabi and soy will be neutralised by the subtleness of Gentleman Jack and cleared by the ginger ale.
2 oz Gentleman Jack
Top with Ginger beer/ale
1 Squeeze Lime
3/4 fill a highball glass with cubed ice.
Pour Gentleman Jack over ice.
Top with ginger beer or ale.
Add lime wedge to garnish. (IANS)