Bitter Melon and Gin

Name: Bitter Melon and Gin
Ingredients: 1/2 cup rice wine vinegar; 3 tablespoons sugar; 1 cup diced bitter melon, seeds reserved; Kosher salt; 1 Granny Smith apple, thinly sliced; 1/3 lemon, zested; 5 blackberries; 5 blueberries; 2 cherries, pitted; 4 ounces gin, chilled; 2 fresh mint sprigs, for garnish

11 ingredients

8 steps

Ingredients

1/2 cup rice wine vinegar
3 tablespoons sugar
1 cup diced bitter melon, seeds reserved
Kosher salt
1 Granny Smith apple, thinly sliced
1/3 lemon, zested
5 blackberries
5 blueberries
2 cherries, pitted
4 ounces gin, chilled
2 fresh mint sprigs, for garnish

Directions

1

Heat up the rice wine vinegar, 1/4 cup water, the sugar and diced bitter melon in a saucepan.
2

Cook until the sugar dissolves and the flavors combine.
3

Then remove from the heat and cool.
4

Add a pinch of salt to the bitter melon seeds and toast in a pan.
5

In a medium bowl, combine the apples, lemon zest, berries, cherries and toasted seeds.
6

Divide the fruit between two cocktail glasses.
7

Add the gin to both glasses, a couple tablespoons of bitter melon simple syrup and garnish with a sprig of mint.
8

Eat the salad and enjoy your gin at the same time.