Tasting Table Chicago: Peach Smash
Recipe adapted from Debbi Peek of The Bristol
Peach Smash
Peach Smash, adapted from Debbi Peek of The Bristol
Servings
1
cocktail
Ingredients
- 1⁄4 cup fresh diced ginger
- 1⁄4 cup sugar
- 1⁄2 large white peach, peeled, pitted and diced
- 8 to 10 mint leaves
- 1 ounce simple syrup
- 1 ounce fresh-squeezed lemon juice
- 2 ounces Maker's Mark
- Ice
- Peach slice (for garnish)
Optional Ingredients
- Mint blossoms (for garnish, optional)
Directions
- Make the ginger purée: In a blender, purée the ginger, sugar and 1⁄4 cup water until smooth.
- Make the cocktail: In the bottom of a cocktail shaker, muddle the peach, mint leaves and 3⁄4 ounce of the ginger purée until it has the consistency of a rough purée. Add the simple syrup, lemon juice and bourbon, fill with ice and shake vigorously. Strain into a rocks glass filled with ice, garnish with a peach slice and mint blossoms (if using), and serve.