Other uses for a Jack-O-Lantern
We’re knee-deep into Fall and so I wanted to try my hand today at crafting one of the more elusive fall cocktails - the pumpkin martini. These are elusive mainly because pumpkin liquor is seasonal and almost impossible to find outside of a few months of the year. It also, in my opinion, isn’t all that good on its own and is pretty hard to mix with anything to create something worth drinking. However, I’ve come across a few drinkable recipes and have recreated below my variation of what I consider the best to sip while you scare little kids with your werewolf mask or slice up a pumpkin pie.
Foggy’s Pumpkin Spice Martini
Ingredients:
1.5 oz bourbon or rye whiskey
1 oz pumpkin schnapps
.5 oz cinnamon schnapps
.5 oz triple sec
whipped cream, nutmeg or pumpkin pie spices to garnish
Instructions:
Mix all ingredients into a shaker filled with ice and strain into a martini glass. Top with whipped cream and sprinkle on freshly grated nutmeg or a bit of pumpkin pie spice mix (mostly nutmeg and ginger). Depending on your taste, you might also try adding a bit of vanilla schnapps (no more than .5 oz) to mix in a sweeter flavor. Though I haven’t tried yet, this drink might taste even better poured into a coffee mug and heated up on a cold night.
- Foggy
