One of the flavor trends in 2023 has been pickled and fermented foods, but the bar can get in on this trend as well. We've rounded up a few cocktail recipes featuring pickled ingredients!
Pickle Brine Margarita
Ingredients:
3 oz of tequila
6 oz of Bubbies Bread and Butter Chips brine
3 oz of lime juice
1 cup of ice
Salt (to rim the glass)
Directions:
Mix tequila, lime juice, and pickle brine together in a blender with 1 cup of ice. Salt the rim of the margarita glasses and garnish with a lime, or a bread and butter chip!
Dirty Spicy Martini
Ingredients:
3 oz vodka
1 ½ oz Bubbies Spicy Kosher Dill Pickle brine
1 ½ oz vermouth Bubbies Spicy Dill Pickle curl and olive for garnish
Directions:
Fill a cocktail shaker with ice, vodka, pickle brine and vermouth. Shake well. Strain into a chilled martini glass and garnish with a pickle curl and olive.
Pickled Bloody Mary
Ingredients
28 oz good quality tomato juice or Clamato juice
8 oz vodka
2 tbsp Bubbies Spicy Horseradish
2 tbsp Bubbies Spicy Kosher Dill Pickle brine
3 tbsp freshly squeezed lime juice
2 tbsp freshly squeezed lemon juice
1-2 tsp Worcestershire sauce
1-2 tsp hot sauce
Salt and freshly ground pepper to taste.
Tender celery stalks and pickle spears for garnish
Directions:
In a pitcher, whisk together all ingredients. Taste and adjust seasoning if necessary. Pour into four 10-12 ounce glasses filled with ice, garnish and serve.
Bubbies Dill Pickle and Lime Mojito
Ingredients:
6 oz Bubbies Dill Pickle Juice
3 oz White Rum
Juice of 1 medium lime
2 lime slices
3 sprigs of mint
Ice
Directions:
Mix all ingredients together in a cocktail mixer and shake for 30 seconds. Pour contents into glass of choice. Garnish with lime slice.