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Recipe Challenge: Electric Mixology by Marx Foods {**Electric Green**}

February 1, 2011 by Noelle 14 Comments



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I know it is probably too early to be talking about cocktails but hey, it is 5 o’clock somewhere, right?


When Marx Foods approached me a few weeks back asking whether I would be interested in creating a cocktail I was excited. When I heard about the secret ingredient, I was a bit apprehensive.

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Szechuan Buttons was the secret ingredient which I had never heard of before, but buttons in a drink? Well, as I read more about the ingredient, I found out they were aso known as Buzz buttons or electric buttons because once a few of the flower petal hit the tongue a tingling occurs on the tongue and in the upper palate.

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Remember the famous Pop Rocks that came in different fun colors and made the weirdest but exciting sensation in your mouth? Well, these flowers do the same thing and I feel are heightened by whatever one is ingesting.


Ryan and I both tasted the buttons FIRST before adding them to anything. Yes, when was the last time I ate a whole flower? Well, it tasted grassy for sure but we waited a few seconds and Ryan’s eyes lit up and then mine did and we were astonished that these little flowers could give off such a strong sensation. We smiled and laughed and thought how cool it was so on I went to create a cocktail.


I actually already knew what ingredients I wanted to use but I was not quite sure if that was the flavor that needed to accompany the effect of the Buzz button. After having tasted the button I decided I was going with my gut feeling.


I created a cocktail that represents MSU in color and the electricity of the flavors goes perfect with winter and static. I also thought that bringing in citrusy and minty flavors would bring a semblance if summer.

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I ground up a Szechuan button in a mortal and pestal with 2 Tablespoons of sugar. This was going to rim each of the glasses. Here is entry #1 for the button’s effect to take place.

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I then made a granita from Meyer lemons, limes, and lots of mint. I blended it well in my Vitamix and froze it overnight. The next day, I poured some Pimms #1, extra-dry gin, and 3-4 Tablespoons of the lemon-lime granita and served it. Ryan and I really really liked this. I thank Ryan for inspiring me with such a great title for the drink! Thanks honey! To us it was the perfect cocoction.

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Electric Green
Makes 4 cocktails


Lemon-lime granita
10 limes
5 Meyer lemons
¾ cup mint leaves, packed
¾ cup agave nectar
1 1/2 cups water


Juice the limes and lemon in a bowl and add to a blender. Add the mint, water and agave nectar and blend mixture well in a blender until smooth. Freeze overnight.


Additional ingredients for each glass
2.5 ounces Pimms #1
1 ounce extra dry gin
3 Szechuan Buttons, crushed in a mortar & pestle
Mint leaves for garnish
4 Cocktail or Martini glasses


Sugar-Rimmed Glasses
1 Szechuan Buttons
2 Tablespoons


Crush button into sugar with pestle until finely ground. Place sugar on a plate ready to rim the glasses.


Assembly
Remove the granita from the freezer to sit out for a bit.


Dampen the edge of each cocktail glass with water one at a time and place the glass upside down on the plate with sugar and Szechuan button until the mixture is evenly rimmed on the glass. Repeat with the other 3 glasses.


Crush another 3 Szechuan buttons in the mortar and pestle and divide the buttons between the 4 glasses.


Add the Pimm #1 and gin to each glass.


Scrape out 4 Tablespoons of granite and add it to each glass. Use a stirrer to mix ingredients.


Garnish with mint. Drink.

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I’m an opera singer, full-time mom, pharmacy technician, food and mom blogger, recipe developer, and wife to a super talented choral director living in the awesome outskirts of Philly.

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