November 14 was National Pickle Day, and pickled and fermented foods have been trending! But the bar can get in on this trend as well.
We've rounded up a few cocktail recipes featuring pickled ingredients as well as some tips for pickled garnishes!
Dill’s Miracle Recipe
Ingredients:
2 oz Hendrick’s Gin
1 oz Bergamot Liqueur
1 oz Cucumber Juice
1 oz Dill Juice
0.5 oz Simple Syrup
1 oz Lime Juice
Directions:
- Shake all ingredients together.
- Strain into a glass.
Pickled Cucumber Bloody Mary
Ingredients:
1 1/2 oz vodka
6 ml Monin Cucumber Concentrated Flavor
1/2 oz pickle brine
3 oz bloody mary mix
Garnish: Lime wedge, jalapeño pepper
Directions:
- Fill serving glass full of ice.
- Pour ingredients into serving glass in order listed.
- Stir gently to mix.
- Add garnish and serve.
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!
A Pickle For The Isle
Ingredients:
1/4 oz Monin Hot Honey Syrup
2 oz Irish whiskey
1/2 oz pickle brine
1 dash bitters
- Fill serving glass full of ice.
- Pour ingredients into serving glass in order listed.
- Stir gently to mix.
- Add garnish and serve.
Pickle Garnishes
BATA in Tucson, Arizona offers up some recipes and tips for pickled garnishes. , we use a lot of pickles! We split the pickles into vinegar pickles and lacto pickles. One of my favorite lacto pickles is shitake mushrooms, which we then dry and turn into a powder.
Lacto Pickles
Ingredients:
Shiitake mushrooms
Salt
Directions:
- Weigh your mushrooms and add 2% salt.
- Vacuum seal into a bag or tightly pack into a jar with a top and weight.
- Allow to ferment at ambient temperature for approx. 5 days.
- After 5 days, the mushrooms should have created a brine. Strain the mushrooms (reserving the brine) and give them a taste.
- These mushrooms could be used as is or dried and turned into a powder.
Vinegar Pickles
Ingredients:
Cucumbers (or chosen vegetable: onions, summer squash, mushrooms)
450g Vinegar
200 g water
150g sugar
60g salt
Dried herbs or chiles (optional)
Directions:
- Bring all ingredients to a simmer and ensure sugar and salt are fully dissolved.
- Pour the hot pickling liquid over the desired pickle, allow it to cool to room temperature, and store it in the refrigerator.
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