The perfect sojutini

[muckefuck]

Remember sojutinis? Wasn't that a crazy time, when a young man with a dream and a free pass to Sam's liqueur aisle could do anything with a bottle of Green? I can't remember now why we thought of them the other night and how they might make a good offering for last night's do. The only problem was that we couldn't remember proportions. I meant to do some testing Friday night, but in the end I was only in the mood for my apéritif du mois (equal parts Dolin blanc and Lillet over ice with a slice of orange).

But I was in dire need yesterday of something to raise my spirits before people began arriving, so I had a go with the shaker. I started with three parts soju to one part Massenez crème de gingembre, but monshu found that too strong. Instead of simply adding more of the eau-de-vie however, I reached for the Koval ginger liqueur, and voilà! The perfect ginger sojutini:

• three parts soju
• one part Massenez crème de gingembre
• one part Koval ginger liqueur

Variations: I'm interested in seeing how a version with two parts Koval and no Massenez would turn out. Might be too strong, but it's awfully close to Nuphy's dirty gingertini, only with soju standing in for the gin. I also think a ginger-lemon sojutini, with limoncello replacing the crème de gingembre, would be scrummy. But then, I'm a total sucker for Carr's Ginger Lemon Cremes.

Comments

Damn you, you ginger exhibitionist!

[mollyc-q.livejournal.com]

jealously.... I am ever thus...

NYT: "Cloudy with a Chance of Ginger"

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http://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/08/23/case-study-cloudy-with-a-chance-of-ginger/?src=tmcolum