The Picante Mandarin

Ingredients

• 2 thin slices fresh serrano pepper
• 1 1/2 oz Burwood Cranberry Mandarin Gin
• 3/4 oz freshly squeezed lemon juice
• 1/2 oz freshly squeezed orange juice
• 1/2 oz simple syrup
• 1/2 oz cranberry juice
• 1 tablespoon granulated sugar
• 1 orange wedge

Steps

• Place 1 slice Serrano pepper into a cocktail shaker and mash lightly with a muddler. Add Cranberry Mandarin Orange Gin, lemon and orange juices, simple syrup and cranberry juice.
• Fill the shaker with ice. Place a mixing glass over the cocktail shaker, hold together firmly and shake back and forth 10 times.
• Run the orange wedge around the rim of a rocks glass and dip the glass into the sugar. Strain the cocktail into the sugar-lined martini glass. Coat the remaining slice of Serrano with the remaining sugar; float on the liquid as a garnish.

Enjoy this picante sipper!