I have something really exciting for all of you today ! I recently get a copy ofEmily Han’snew bookWild Drinks and Cocktails , and let me distinguish you , this book is severely amazing ! It is all about wildcrafting herbaceous plant and plant and then making delicious potable with them . Some have alcoholic beverage and some are strong drink - less , but all of the recipes look perfectly godly . I had a hard prison term pick out which one I would showcase here , but in the end I decided on Rose Hip Whiskey Smash cocktail made with rose hip sirup .

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Harvesting Rose Hips for Cocktails

The reason I chose rise hip whisky demolish out of all the incredible looking recipes inWild Drinks and Cocktails , is that I ’ve been eyeing a crew of fantastic rise rosehip up the road .

I ’ve been wanting to pick them , and now I have a reason to ! This rose hip cocktail will be the arrant way to habituate them .

forage for roseate hipsis easy , and they are usually abundant in the fall . Rose hip from any variety of rosiness , godforsaken or cultivated , are comestible and can be used .

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You ’ll need 1 - 2 cup of scrounge rose pelvic arch for this recipe .

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Rose Hip Whiskey Smash Cocktail Recipe

This is the perfect scrounge cocktail for fall and winter when rose pelvic arch are in season ! It make a scrumptious festive potable .

Make the Rose Hip Syrup

The first gradation in making this wild drink is to make rosaceous hip syrup . To do this you will either need to pile up some wildrose hips , or chance a source ofdried rose hips .

I will be following Emily ’s recipe for make rose coxa sirup here , which boils the sirup after adding the dearest to reduce it down even more .

If you want to keep all the benefits of the raw dearest , you’re able to follow my formula forrose hip syrup . Both will work in the roseate hip cocktail recipe !

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I compile about a cup ofrose hips . The original recipe inEmily ’s bookcalls for 2 cups , so I just scale it back by one-half .

commence making the rosaceous hip syrup by lightly crushing the roseate hip using a potato masher or vagabond oarlock .

Combine the roseate hips and water in a saucepan . Cover and take to a boiling point . cut back the heat to moo and simmer , cover , for 20 minutes .

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transfer from the heat energy and mash the rose hips with a white potato masher or another mashing tool .

Strain through a fine mesh sieve and put away the solids . Measure the liquid , you should have about ½ cup .

Return the liquidness to the saucepan and total the dearest . Simmer for 5 second . Remove from the oestrus and allow coolheaded all .

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Strain through several layers of cheesecloth or deep brown filter to catch any petty hair which can nettle the digestive organisation .

This rose hip syrup , in and of itself , is a gracious thing to have on hand as it tastes wonderful and has all of the heal properties ofrose hips . You definitely wo n’t get scurvy with this around !

That said , it make a neat addition to cocktail , like this arise articulatio coxae whiskey smash .

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Make the Rose Hip Cocktail

To make the roseate hip whisky overhead , simply puddle the orangish wedges with the rose hip joint sirup in the bottom of a cocktail shaker .

Muddle is just a fancy condition for nail it all together . I wonder if that ’s why these kind of drink recipe are yell smashes ? I do n’t have fancy cocktail shakers and makers , so I just did it in a crank measuring cup with wooden spoonful .

Add the mint leaves and softly wound with the muddler .   Add the bourbon and ice then shake up it well . puree it into a deoxyephedrine and trim your beverage with a sprig of fresh mint .

rose hip whiskey smash cocktail in a martini glass

I used a martini chalk because that ’s the only fancy glass that I have . Is n’t is gorgeous ?

This drink was sourish and sweet all at once , and so much good than any regular cocktail ! scrumptious and perfect for the vacation season .

It ’s so nice live where all of your ingredients come from , specially when they are wildcrafted . That is what I love so much about this book , the recipes are fun to prepare from foraging for the ingredients to take up in the the drink themselves . Totally my kind of deal !

a hand picking rose hips

I extremely recommendWild Drinks and Cocktailsby Emily Han , you ’ll love it . And you will definitely sleep together this rose hip whisky smash recipe !

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Rose Hip Whiskey Smash Cocktail

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bowl of foraged rose hips

potato masher crushing rose hips in a bowl

rose hips covered in water in a pan

wire mesh strainer with rose hips next to a glass jar of rose hip tea

honey pouring into pan

rose hip syrup in a mason jar

rose hip whiskey smash in a martini glass garnished with fresh mint and rose hips

wild drinks and cocktails book by emily han

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