Beverage Director Jane Lopes | Cocktail Recipes

Bartender Jane Lopes, The Catbird Seat Restaurant, Nashville, TN, Tennessee, Gin Cordial, Champagne Cocktail, Sparkling Wine, Gin, Old Raj Gin, Wray & Nephew Overproof White Rum, Limes, Minced Ginger, Cardamom Pods, Almond Extract, Simple Syrup, Lemon Juice, Lime Juice, Mint Leaves, Sweet, Dry, Prosecco, Cava, Dry Sparkling Wine

What

Cocktail recipes for a gin cordial and sparkling wine cocktail from Beverage Director Jane Lopes of The Catbird Seat restaurant in Nashville, TN.

Gin Cordial

Courtesy of Beverage Director Jane Lopes

I served this gin cordial for a dessert pairing, and it gained quite the cult following. This recipe makes a lot of cordial, so feel free to scale down! The bubbly that I topped it with for the dessert is Marina Espumante -- a sparkling Muscat from Alicante, Spain -- but any dry sparkling white wine would work (Italian Prosecco, Spanish Cava, etc.) and this is a good way to alter how sweet / dry the final beverage will be.

Yield

More than a bottle of cordial

Ingredients

- 1 bottle Old Raj Gin, Few Gin, or other high-proof gin

- 6 oz. Wray & Nephew Overproof White Rum

- Zest of 24 limes

- 6 oz. minced ginger (by weight)

- 12 cardamom pods, crushed

- Handful of fresh mint leaves

- 1 teaspoon almond extract

- 2:1 simple syrup (40 oz. sugar and 20 oz. water)

- 1 cup fresh lemon juice

- 1 cup fresh lime juice

Directions

1) Steep the first five ingredients overnight.

2) 5 to 6 hours before straining, add in a handful of mint.

3) Strain off, through a colander/sieve and cheese cloth.

4) Be sure to squeeze out the cheese cloth so you get all the juice that's stuck in the ginger, lime, and mint.

5) Add in the almond extract, simple syrup, lemon juice and lime juice.

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Beverage Director Jane Lopes | Cocktail Recipes

September 25, 2012

Cocktail Recipes

The Catbird Seat Restaurant - Nashville, TN

Who

Jane Lopes is the Beverage Director at The Catbird Seat in Nashville, TN.

Why

Before joining The Catbird Seat, Jane Lopes was a bartender at The Violet Hour and manager at LUSH Wine and Spirits shop in Chicago. She also studied with The Court of Master Sommeliers.