My birthday drink
My birthday is January 1st and this year I celebrated in my usual fashion, quietly tucked into a snow-kissed cabin in the Catskills. My friend Kerry created this cocktail in honor of my aging self and I think its the cat’s meow. I’ve become somewhat obsessed with the elderflower liquor, St. Germain ( www.stgermain.fr), and this drink features it and my other liquid passion, tequila. Its delightfully tasty and a nice dose of vitamin C to keep your immune system boosted during those chilly winter nights.
Trix Elixer
makes one drink
1 1/2 shots blanco tequila
1 shot St. Germain elderflower liquor
1 shot fresh-squeezed lemon juice
1 shot fresh-squeezed clementine juice
2 shots tonic water
Shake the first 4 ingredients with ice. Pour into a cocktail glass with crushed ice and top with tonic water and finish with clementine slice.
I've recently moved my life from Brooklyn, New York to Sonoma County, California to pursue a life in food and wine. I am now the executive chef at