MINNEAPOLIS — If you're looking for a fun cocktail to serve at your New Year's Eve party, Kowalski's Rachel Perron could have the drink for you.
She stopped by KARE 11 Saturday to share a recipe for a fresh and fizzy bourbon-based cocktail featuring Minnesota Grown apple cider and fresh tarragon (plus the bubbles needed for a proper end-of-year toast).
RECIPE: Apple Tarragon Fizz
(Serves 4)
Ingredients
½ oz. (a generous handful) fresh tarragon, plus a few sprigs for garnish
16 oz. (2 cups) Minnesota Grown apple cider
8 oz. bourbon, gin or Cognac
Ice
8 oz. sparkling wine or tonic water, cold
Fresh apple slices, for garnish
Directions
- Place tarragon in a 2 qt. glass pitcher; use a wooden spoon to bruise the leaves and release essential oils.
- Add cider and bourbon to the pitcher; stir until well combined.
- Refrigerate mixture for 2-3 hrs.
- Strain cocktail mixture; discard tarragon pieces.
- Fill 4 highball glasses with ice; pour cocktail mixture evenly into ice-filled glasses.
- Top each glass evenly with wine or tonic; stir gently.
- Garnish each glass with a tarragon sprig and apple slices.
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