Cheese Platter

Name: Cheese Platter
Ingredients: 2 oz Ford's Gin; 0.5 oz Blue Cheese Infused Dry Vermouth; 0.5 oz Bianco Vermouth; 0.25 oz Amaretto; 1 bar spoon Olive Brine; float Parmesan And White Chocolate Foam

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By Aishwarya Chitta

Submitted on: August 9, 2022

Signatures

Spirit Forward

Flavor composition: bright+funky+brine+almonds+milk+citrus The idea was to create a cocktail inspired by my favorite way to drink a martini- with roasted almonds and a wedge of blue cheese. Starting with a base of gin for all those delicious botanical notes, the next component is dry vermouth that’s infused blue cheese. While I whisked melted cheese into the vermouth, for a more delicate flavor, you could steep blue cheese in the vermouth for a couple of days till desired flavor is achieved. So...

Ingredients

2 oz
Ford's Gin

0.5 oz
Blue Cheese Infused Dry Vermouth

0.5 oz
Bianco Vermouth

0.25 oz
Amaretto

1 bar spoon
Olive Brine

float
Parmesan And White Chocolate Foam

Instructions

Garnish

Lemon Twist

Build

Stir & Strain

Glass

Cocktail Coupe

Estimated strength

About 25% ABV (estimate)

By Aishwarya Chitta

Mixology enthusiast

It all started when a dear friend gifted me the Drunken Botanist and that was all the push I needed to dive head first into the world of mixology! Being a firm believer in a rock-solid foundation, I completed the BarSmarts program to gain the basic knowledge required to start exploring this world. Having always been very passionate about food and an avid baker, I love to approach cocktails as a chef would- employing interesting techniques and sometimes very whacky ingredients to create libation...

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Combine all ingredients except the foam in a mixing glass, fill with ice, and stir until chilled, approximately 15-20 seconds. Fine strain into a cocktail glass and top with foam. Express lemon twist and place on foam.

Editor's Note

A liquid cheese course in a coupe. Blue cheese-infused vermouth and olive brine provide a savory, funky backbone, balanced by nutty amaretto and a surprising parmesan-white chocolate foam.