About 15 years ago, I was asked by Fifty Forward, a Nashville non-profit, to come up with a signature cocktail for their annual fund-raising dinner. Only too glad to comply, I played around in the lab here at the house and came up with three recipes for a committee to test – all using Domaine de Canton ginger liqueur – and I present the winning recipe, the Nifty Fifty, herewith.
This is a winning combo based on – what else? – gin and citrus, God’s gift to drinkers everywhere, and spiced up with Domain de Canton, the absolutely lovely ginger-flavored liqueur. If you don’t have a bottle, you need to get one right away. It’s refreshing on the rocks with a little soda water and/or lime and it’s terrific in cocktails.
The Nifty Fifty blends all the wonders of gin, ginger and citrus to make one spectacular – but pretty serious – sip. So, shake up a few and proceed with caution.
Nifty Fifty
3 parts gin
2 parts Domaine de Canton
1 part lemon juice (Need we say it? You have to squeeze it!)
Easy as 3-2-1! Drink up and enjoy!