This recipe, made from blended avocados, vodka, a syrup made from kale, and served with a toasted rim of spiced breadcrumbs and chilis for heat, sounds like it could almost be healthy—if it weren’t an alcoholic beverage.
Ingredients:
- 1 avocado, whole
- 1/2 liter vodka
- 1 cup destemmed kale
- 1 cup simple syrup
- 3/4 oz. fresh lime juice
- 1/4 cup salt
- 1/4 cup unseasoned breadcrumbs
- 1 tsbp. marash chili
- 1 tsp. cayenne chili
Directions:
Make the breadcrumb mixture: Crumble salt and chili together with breadcrumbs, rim cocktail glass and place in freezer.
Make the avocado vodka: Puree vodka and avocado together in blender for sixty seconds. Strain through single layer of cheesecloth. Refrigerate.
Make the kale syrup: Pulse kale and simple syrup in blender till kale is in crumb sized pieces. Strain through a single layer of cheesecloth. Refrigerate.
In a cocktail shaker, mix 2 oz. avocado vodka, 3/4 oz. kale syrup, and 3/4 oz. fresh lime juice. Add ice, shake, strain into chilled cocktail glass, and serve.
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