This email popped up yesterday from fly fishing friend and chef Libby in Austin –
Here’s a good one for your Thirsty Thursday this week, my lead bartender calls it Love Potion Number 7 though it also goes by the name The Blue Bonnet.
With Valentine’s Day on Saturday people will be spending far too much on champagne, oysters and chocolate dipped strawberries to inspire the mood; there are far better foods that have supposedly been proven to encourage amorous displays.
That list of course includes fresh watermelon, pomegranate, chocolate, honey, red wine, blueberries, black raspberries, broccoli (ed. – what the hell?), figs, cloves, ginseng, saffron, ginger, and even eggs.
I like this one best with a blanco tequila….
‘Nuff said.
10 blueberries
2 Tarragon sprigs
1/2 ounce honey syrup (equal parts water and honey)
2 ounces tequila or gin
3/4 ounce lemon juice
Garnish blueberries and tarragon sprig
Muddle the blueberries and tarragon in a shaker with the honey syrup. Add the tequila or gin and lemon juice. Shake.
Strain into an ice filled rocks glass; garnish with blueberries and a sprig of tarragon.
Enjoy.
