Edible Dallas & Fort Worth Spring 2022

SEASONAL COCKTAILS

Jen/Gin Mule Makes one cocktail 2 ounces Leopold Summer Gin, or gin of your choice ½ ounce lemon juice ½ ounce lime juice 2 ounces ginger beer Pour all ingredients over ice in a rocks glass rimmed with salt and pepper. (Note: Leopold Summer Gin is made from Colorado wild- flowers and released only once a year.) Sloe Gin Tonic Makes one cocktail 2 ounces sloe gin liqueur 1 ounce Waterboy Farms Tonic Syrup* Garnish with grapefruit peel, seasonal herbs and edible fl wers Mix gin and syrup in a cocktail shaker with ice and shake until chilled. Pour into a tall glass, garnish and serve.

Jennifer Spring is HospitalityManager at Harvest Seasonal Kitchen and FarmManager for Waterboy Farms

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othing says spring to me more than walking throughWaterboy Farms garden with a cocktail, conjuring up recipes that include herbs, flowers, and honey from one of our 24 beehives. Farm- er Jennifer Spring (Jen, not Gin) just complet- ed her first full year managing our Waterboy Farms in Lucas. Her gardens and greenhouse have become the visual manifestation of a com- plex, botanically and herbaceously well-made gin cocktail, and Jen’s own vibrant, layered, and timeless spirit is much like her spirit counter- part. But don’t let this picture fool you—much of the time she is covered in dirt, with blisters and several bug bites that she cannot identify. Except today she is opting for a cocktail glass over a shovel.

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