Pyrogenic

On July 4th I was challenged to make a drink with Limca, a lemon/lime/ginger soda from India. People liked it enough I made three batches. I thought up a name tonight, and thought I should write down the recipe before I forgot. If I can manage to get my hands on some Limca of my own, perhaps I will take dr_memory’s suggestion and make Limca a follow up challenge to my original kombucha challenge for the Beretta bartenders. I don’t think I’d try to make this there myself but maybe give them the recipe to try after they gave it a shot on their own.

Indian Summer

3 parts Limca
2 parts Hendrick’s Gin
2/3 part Stoli
1 small bitter apple (more juice is better)
fresh rosemary

Crush the juice from the apple over ice in a shaker. Toss the flesh in, too. Bruise some of the rosemary and put in shaker. Add the gin, vodka, and Limca. Shake vigorously until very cold. (Do this over the sink because you'll have to let the CO₂ out. You’re flattening the drink a bit on purpose.)

Fill an old fashioned glass with ice. Strain mixture into glass with a very fine strainer. Taste. Top off the glass using Limca if it is too bitter or soda water if too sweet. Garnish with fresh rosemary.

© 2009 Joshua Pollak