The Curly and The Turk

Name: The Curly and The Turk
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 20 whole dried arbol chiles; 2 dashes Bitter End Moroccan Bitters; 21 grams Chile-Hibiscus Syrup; 1 serving Crushed ice and ice cubes; 21 grams blue curacao; 237 milliliters dried hibiscus flowers; 43 grams gin; 2 Tbsps hot sauce, such as Yucateca Red Habanero; 28 grams freshly squeezed lemon juice; 237 milliliters sugar; 237 milliliters water

The Curly and The Turk is a gluten free, dairy free, and fodmap friendly beverage. This recipe makes 1 servings with 1073 calories, 3g of protein, and 2g of fat each. This recipe covers 20% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Head to the store and pick up hibiscus flowers, bitter end moroccan bitters, sugar, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 20 minutes.

Instructions

To make chile-hibiscus syrup: Bring water, sugar, hibiscus, and chiles to a boil for one minute.

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Hibiscus

Chili Pepper

Sugar

Syrup

Water

Remove from heat and allow to steep for 15 minutes. Stir in hot sauce. Strain through a fine mesh strainer or cheesecloth. Seal and keep refrigerated for up to a week.

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Hot Sauce

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Sieve

Cheesecloth

To make cocktail: pour chile-hibiscus syrup into the bottom of a tall glass, then fill 2/3 full with crushed ice. Fill a cocktail shaker with ice, add gin, curacao, bitters, and lemon juice. Shake.

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Crushed Ice Cubes

Lemon Juice

Cocktail

Hibiscus

Bitters

Curacao

Chili Pepper

Syrup

Gin

Ice

Slowly strain gin and curacao mixture over the ice, so that it floats over syrup. Top with additional crushed ice and insert two tall straws directly in the middle of the glass to replicate popsicle sticks.

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Crushed Ice Cubes

Curacao

Syrup

Gin

Ice

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Popsicle Sticks