Cherry Orange Old Fashioned

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Ingredients:

  • 2 1/2 Oz Your Favorite Bourbon or Rye Whiskey

  • 1 Brown Sugar Cube (Or 4 g of Cane Sugar)

  • 1/2 Wheel of Fresh Orange

  • 3 Cellar Door Artisan Preserves Cocktail Cherries

  • 1 Bar Spoon Cellar Door Artisan Preserves Balaton Cherry Syrup

  • 4 Dashes Orange Bitters

  • 6 Dashes Angostura Bitters

  • 1 Simply Adorned Dehydrated Orange Wheel

Method:

1.) Place the Brown Sugar Cube in a mixing glass and dash the Bitters on top

2.) Add 2 of the Cherries and Fresh Orange and muddle until the Sugar is dissolved and the Fruit is well mashed

3.) Add a scoop of ice and pour in the Whiskey of your choice and the Bar spoon of Cherry Syrup

4.) Stir until well chilled

5.) Strain into a rocks glass over a large cube of ice (like a sphere or a block)

6.) Garnish with the Simply Adorned Dehydrated Orange and the remaining Cocktail Cherry on a Pick

Glögg

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Ingredients:

-2 Cinnamon Sticks

-A Few Cardamom Pods

-3 Slices of Ginger Root

-1 Orange Sliced in Wheels

-6 Whole Cloves

-1/2 Cup Valentine Vodka

-1 750 ml bottle of Dry Red Wine

-1 Cup Sweet Vermouth

-1 Jar of Cellar Door Artisan Preserves Cocktail Cherries

-1/2 Cup Sliced Almonds


Method:

1.) Combine all ingredients in a pot and warm on the stove over low heat, do not allow to boil

2.) Taste occasionally, once spiced to your liking remove from heat and serve immediately in mugs

No Churn Berry Ice Cream

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Ingredients

  • 2 cups heavy whipping cream, cold

  • 1 can (14oz) sweetened, condensed milk

  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract (optional)

  • pinch of kosher salt

  • 1 jar Cellar Door Preserves (2 if you want it to be decadent!)

Method

  1. Combine the condensed milk, vanilla, and salt in a bowl.

  2. In a separate bowl whip the cream until it holds firm peaks.

  3. Put a cup of the whipped cream into the condensed milk mixture and gently fold to combine. Add this mixture to the remaining whipped cream and fold together.

  4. Pour about an inch of the ice cream base in the bottom of a 9x5” loaf pan. Spoon ¼ of the compote liberally over the cream. Continue layering the remaining ice cream base and compote; then freeze, covered, at least 3 hours.

Some of our favorite variations:

Balaton Cherry Jam Cherry Ice Cream

1 Jar Strawberry Preserves and 1 Jar Blueberry Jam for a berry explosion

Peach Jam with Brown Sugar (add a pinch of cinnamon to the condensed milk mixture as well.

Jam-hattan

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A Manhattan made with jam.  We recommend using Cellar Door Cherry Jam with Bitters, if using a different cherry preserve be sure to add a few dashes of bitters.

Ingredients

  • Ice
  • 1 tablespoon Cellar Door Cherry Jam with Bitters
  • 1 1/2 oz bourbon
  • 1 oz dry vermouth
  • Orange slice

Method

  1. Fill martini shaker with ice. Add preserves, bourbon, and vermouth; place lid on shaker, and shake until cold and blended. Strain into 1 glass.

  2. Garnish with orange slice.