File Name : Deconstructed Ramos Gin Fizz
Length : 3:45
Male Speakers : Anthony Caporale
FemaleSpeakers : Dana Cowin
Date : January 4, 2016
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ANTHONY: The Ramos Gin Fizz is one of the
most iconic New Orleans cocktails.
All of the ingredients we're going to use
today are found in a Ramos Gin Fizz.
Gin, lemon juice, lime juice, sugar, cream,
egg.
But we're not going to use them in their traditional
form.
And we're going to end up with what I call
the Ramos Gin Fizz Float.
DANA: Oh, I love that idea.
ANTHONY: Yeah, me too.
Fill it halfway with ice.
Two ounces of gin over our ice in our mixing
tin.
Beautiful.
Look at how smooth you're getting with that.
A half ounce of simple syrup.
To balance that simple syrup, the juice of
one half of a lime.
Because I know at the end I'm going to strain
this, this hull, I'm going to put it in the
drink.
DANA: Whoa ho ho.
ANTHONY: Yeah.
So the alcohol can absorb those oils and I'm
going to get a lot of nice lime flavor in
there.
That mixing tin goes in the tin off to one
side, and then just push and twist to lock
it.
You can feel it lock, yes?
DANA: Yes.
ANTHONY: One hand on top of the tin, a glass,
one hand on the bottom of the tin, and we
just push to our foot, push to our foot, shake
that up really good.
Chilling, diluting and aerating.
Shake it till the tin frosts.
DANA: OK, very serious.
ANTHONY: Good?
With the glass leaning either to the left
or the right, two middle fingers as high up
on the tin as they can go, two thumbs as high
up on that glass as they can go, and you can
really kind of work your wrists up and just
take it right off.
DANA: Got it.
ANTHONY: This is where it gets really fun.
Lemon vanilla ice cream.
DANA: Oh come on.
ANTHONY: No, of course.
I took my favorite brand of vanilla ice cream
and I softened it a little.
For a pint, I added the juice of two lemons,
mixed it really well and put it back in the
freezer.
DANA: Simple.
You've got the lemon, cream, egg.
ANTHONY: The other ingredients, yes, you see
where I'm going?
Yes.
And vanilla.
DANA: Yes, it's all there frozen.
Vanilla.
ANTHONY: That's exactly, and those are the
rest of the ingredients in a Ramos Gin Fizz.
Put a nice big scoop into your glass.
OK?
DANA: Wow, that is a beautiful float.
OK, why does my strainer, I guess I don't
hold hard enough.
ANTHONY: So the strainer has four prongs,
and you want them all seated on the rim of
the glass.
DANA: I see.
ANTHONY: And then you can move it back and
forth.
We need some soda water.
Orange blossom water.
Go ahead and smell that.
It's very, very, yes.
Very powerful.
Just take a straw and you dip it in, and top
it a few drops.
And that's all you want.
DANA: I love that this is the poor man's eyedropper.
ANTHONY: Grate some orange zest.
DANA: And you would never stir?
ANTHONY: Not a drink like this, because I
have a lot of things going on.
DANA: Yes.
ANTHONY: And I really want it presented that
way.
DANA: Oh my God, this is so good.
This is an alcohol principal.
ANTHONY: I love this drink.
DANA: That is a great, great drink.
Cheers.
ANTHONY: Oh, thank you so much.
It's been a real pleasure.
[Audio Ends]
