This Father’s Day, Dad may like to keep things simple in the kitchen. Let the grill do the work and make sauce the boss. Antelmo Faria, owner of Uma Casa in San Francisco, balances bold tamarind and chipotle in adobo with bracing apple cider vinegar, Worcestershire and other classic barbecue ingredients in Tamarind Chipotle BBQ Sauce.
Tamarind Chipotle BBQ Sauce
Ingredients
Method
- Puree all of the ingredients together in a blender.
- Simmer on medium-low heat for about 15 minutes.
Plus, Father’s Day and National Martini Day coincide this year one June 19, which makes the day extra celebratory for the many dads who like grilling and martinis.
Dad's Gold Star
Dad's Gold Star from Jonathan Pogash of The Cocktail Guru is a distinctive tropical combination of mango vodka, falernum, pink guava puree, cucumber bitters and lime juice. It's fresh,breezy and seasonal.
Ingredients
Method
- Shake all ingredients very well with ice and strain over ice into a glass.
Apricot Saketini
Amy Witz, the sommelier at Balanced Rock Winery in Chicago swaps sake for vermouth and combines velvety apricot purée with vodka, fresh citrus juice and orange bitters in her Apricot Saketini.
Ingredients
Method
Combine vodka, sake, Apricot Puree and juices into a shaker with ice. Shake and strain into a martini glass. Add 3 dashes of orange bitters and one orange slice for garnish. Serve
Blood Orange Drop
Citrus and vodka go together like, well, dads and martinis. Blood Orange Drop turocharges the flavor combination with blood orange vodka, blood orange concentrate and fresh lemon and lime juice for complexity. Creator Jenni Karakesevic, owner of Charbay Distillery, adds a half ounce of simple syrup to offset the pucker effect.
Ingredients
Method
Add ingredients except for garnish into a Boston Shaker with ice. Shake and strain into a martini glass. Garnish with a blood orange wheel. Serve
