■MIXING IT UP Autumn Cocktails Welp, its here - the leaves are falling, it’s raining, it’s windy, and all you want do is get comfy and cozy. One of the great things about cocktails is that they can be perfected to suit any occasion - a light spring day, a scorching summer afternoon, or a cold autumn evening. Whatever the weather, you can always go to the liquor cabinet to find the perfect concoction to make you feel great. Here are two fun and easy cocktails to help you ease into New York in the fall. Sasha Pogrebinsky Mixologist / Restaurateur Bear 12-14 31st Avenue, LIC www.BearNYC.com Sasha is the owner of Bear Restaurant in Long Island City. Sasha’s first book “Rarely Known” was published in 2014 by Element Press and is available on Amazon. Spiked Apple Cider Spiked cider is perhaps the best thing you can do on those late evenings, when you’ve had a long day at the office, and you are just excited to get home, turn on Netflix, and get lost in a marathon of drama or comedy. INGREDIENTS: 1. Organic local cider 2. Brown Sugar 3. Whiskey 4. Cinammon stick 5. Wild Berry Jam 6. Green apples 7. Ground nutmeg 8. Butter DIRECTIONS: 1. Peel the apple and take out the core. Cut it into cubes. Cover the apple in brown sugar, cinnamon, and nutmeg, cut a piece of butter, and spread it all over the apple. Place the apple in a microwave safe bowl and microwave for 4 minutes. 2. On a stove top or in the microwave, heat up the cider until it’s boiling. 3. Throw the cubes of the apple into a mug. 4. Pour 2 oz. of whiskey into the mug. 5. Add the hot cider, throw a cinammon stick in there, and a spoon of wild berry jam. 6. DRINK! SASHA POGREBINSKY Mulled Wine This is the recipe to my mulled wine at Bear. People can’t get enough of it and the smell from the spices fills up the whole kitchen at our restaurant, It is cozy, warm, and perfect if you happen to have been caught in one of our city’s brutal rainstorms! It’s also good if you’ve got a bit of a cold! INGREDIENTS: 1. Red Wine 2. Wild Berry Jam 3. Brown Sugar 4. Ground Cinammon 5. Cardomom 6. Anise Seeds 7. Honey DIRECTIONS: 1. On a stovetop, pour 1/2 glass of mulled wine into a small pot, add a large spoon of wild berry jam, a spoon of brown sugar, a sprinkle of cinammon, a sprinkle of anise seeds, and a sprinkle of cardomom. Stir lightly and heat until it boils. You would ideally like the jam to dissolve into the wine. 2. Take a mug and lightly rim it with honey, sprinkling a little bit of cinammon on the rim. 3. Pour the hot wine into the mug and enjoy!
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