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Spring Recipes

Lavender Haze Cocktail

Ingredients

  • 1 ounce of Gin
  • ½ violet liquor
  • ½ ounce of luxardo liquor
  • ½ lemon juice

Directions

Step 1. In a cocktail shaker full of ice, add in the gin, violet liquor, luxardo liquor, and lemon juice

Step 2. Shake vigorously until shaker is ice cold

Step 3. Strain cocktail into a martini glass

Step 4. Top it off with egg white and Empress gin foam if desired

Step 5. Enjoy!

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Recipe by Tim Goodwin // https://www.jaspersrichardson.com/
 

Prosciutto Melon Mint Salad

Ingredients

  • 1 cantaloupe melon
  • 1 personal size seedless watermelon
  • 1 honeydew melon
  • 6 ounces prosciutto, chopped
  • ¼ cup pistachios, lightly salted & chopped
  • ¾ cup olive oil
  • ¼ cup mint leaves
  • 6 tablespoons lemon juice
  • 2 tablespoon honey
  • ½ teaspoon salt

Directions

Step 1. Use a melon baller to scoop round spheres of each melon & put them in a large bowl.

Step 2. In a blender combine the olive oil, lemon juice, mint leaves, honey & salt. Blend on high for a few seconds until emulsified. 

Step 3. Drizzle about ¼ cup of the dressing over the melons & stir gently to coat. Garnish with prosciutto, pistachios & extra mint leaves. Serve with extra mint dressing as desired.

Carrot Ginger Soup

Ingredients

  • 3 tablespoons olive oil 
  • 2 tablespoons ghee 
  • 1 yellow onion, roughly chopped 
  • 2 pounds carrots, peeled & roughly chopped 
  • 3 cloves garlic, roughly chopped 
  • 1" piece ginger, peeled & rough chopped 
  • 4 cups organic vegetable broth 
  • 1 cup full fat coconut milk 
  • 2 teaspoons salt 
  • 1 teaspoon pepper 
  • 1/4 teaspoon each: allspice & turmeric 

Directions 

Step 1. In an 8 quart stock pan, place all ingredients except coconut milk. Give it all a quick stir to mix it up.

Step 2. Heat over medium high until it comes to a boil. As soon as it boils, put a lid on it & turn the soup down to low.

Step 3. Cover & simmer 1 hour. 

Step 4. Remove lid, add in coconut milk.

Step 5. Use an immersion blender to puree the soup.

Step 6. Serve hot.