FIRST JOURNEYS - A RACE AROUND THE WORLD 2020 - PIN 02 OF 23
GIN RAW, Barcelona, Spain
AROUND THE WORLD, ONE BOTTLE AT A TIME.
PHILEAS FOGG WOULD SURELY APPROVE
Day 2... Waking up in Barcelona.
I absolutely love Barcelona, so it has to be my first stop.
Spain produces some amazing gins, but this one is quite exceptional. It's distilled at a low temperature, as represented by the beautiful frosted bottle. It's packed with lemon, citron and bay leaves from Spain, kaffir lime from Thailand, smoky Black Cardamom from India and coriander seeds from Egypt. One would think this is a world tour in itself, but don't worry, my journey continues!
I've really wanted to make a ginger and lemon cocktail for ages and so for no other reason than I felt this gin would shine through the strong ginger flavours, I've made a Ginger & Lemon Gin Sour with it.
I've included ginger syrup (about 4 barspoons), ginger cordial (a splash), fresh lemon juice (about 20ml), gin (erm...50ml, maybe a little more!!) and some foamer. Dry shake and then wet shake and serve with a juicy bit of stem ginger. It turned out beautifully with the lemon up front when you sip and then the spicy ginger finish. The foamer (egg white or aquafaba or Mrs Better's Foamer) emulsifies and brings this all together beautifully and gives a lovely soft and creamy mouthfeel too. Total winner with me, but I have to dash now as I'm off to Italy!
"Charting your own course."
"Show me a bottle
and I'll tell you a story."