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Sous Vide Cherry Gin Gimlet
Recipe courtesy of Nick Ritchie, Signature Kitchen Suite
Ingredients
Sous Vide Amarena Cherry Gin
1 jar Amarena cherries in syrup
1 750ml bottle Bar Hill gin
Pinch salt
Homemade Cherry Gin Gimlet
4 ounces sous vide cherry gin
1-ounce honey
Juice of 2 limes
Splash of water
6 gin-soaked Amarena cherries (reserved from sous vide gin recipe)
Method
Sous Vide Amarena Cherry Gin
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Preheat the sous vide bath to 140 degrees F.
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Using either a sous vide pouch or freezer-safe sealable plastic bag combine the cherries and their syrup with the bottle of gin and a pinch of salt. Carefully close partway and remove any excess air from the bag before fully sealing. Check that the bag is fully sealed.
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Place the bag of cherries and gin into the preheated sous vide bath and cook for 2-3 hours.
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Remove and allow to cool to room temperature. Strain the flavored gin into a bottle or jar and reserve chilled. Reserve the now gin-soaked cherries for garnish.
Cherry Gin Gimlet
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Prepare martini glasses with ice and a few of the reserved cherries.
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Using a cocktail shaker combine the cherry gin, honey, lime juice and splash of water. Shake vigorously to combine and chill.
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Strain over the glasses of ice and reserved cherries soaked in gin. Garnish with a couple more cherries on top if desired.