Matchmaker
Make Me a Match
The Matchmaker was a drink that I created for the Walton Arts Center during their showing of the Broadway show “Fiddler on the Roof”.
For this drink, I wanted something light and traditionally feminine. I opted for a honey vodka to be the base. What is honey vodka? Literally honey dissolved in vodka. Just take your vodka and add honey until it has a prominent honey flavor. A honey syrup would have worked just as well, but “honey-infused” sells better.
I built off of this foundation with elderflower liqueur, grapefruit liqueur, orange juice and soda water to create a light, bright, semi-sweet cocktail that is far too easy to drink over and over again.
Matchmaker
Ingredients
1 oz Honey Vodka
.5 oz St. Germaine Elderflower Liqueur
.5 oz Giffard’s Pampelmousse
2 oz Orange Juice
Top with soda
Instructions
Combine all ingredients, aside from soda, in a cocktail shaker
Fill shaker with ice and shake vigorously for 10-15 seconds.
Strain over fresh ice in a rocks glass.
Top with soda water.
Garnish with an orange or grapefruit slice and enjoy.