Coffee Scented Whipped Cream

There’s nothing better than homemade whipped cream for dipping fruit or topping holiday pies. Our recipe utilizes our coffee bitters for an additional hint of flavor that will have your guests asking for seconds.

• 1 c. Well chilled heavy whipping cream
• 4 tbsp powdered sugar
• 1 tbsp El Guapo® Chicory Pecan Bitters

In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the whisk attachment or in a large mixing bowl if you’re using a hand-held mixer, combine cream, powdered sugar and bitters. Mix, starting at low speed, gradually increasing to medium-high until stiff peaks have formed. Yields approximately 2 cups of whipped cream.

Helpful Tip: Freeze your mixing bowl and beaters for 10-15 minutes prior to mixing. The chill will create stiffer peaks and help the finished cream stay set.

El Guapo Old Fashioned

Arnaud’s Restaurant in the French Quarter has been a New Orleans fixture since 1918. This cocktail was created by beloved local bartender Chris Hannah, who famously helmed the Arnaud’s French 75 Bar for thirteen years.

El Guapo® Old Fashioned (Featuring 2018 Good Food Award winning Chicory Pecan Bitters)
• .25 oz El Guapo® Creole Orgeat
• .25 oz Amaro Meletti
• 2 generous dashes El Guapo® Chicory Pecan Bitters
• 2 oz Jim Beam
• Large ice cube 
• Orange twist & rosemary sprig, for garnish

In a mixing glass filled with ice, combine Jim Beam, amaro, orgeat and bitters. Stir until well chilled and strain into a lowball or coupe over a large ice cube before garnishing with an orange twist & rosemary sprig.

Evangeline, Stirred

Created by Nick Dietrich, one of New Orleans’ most esteemed bartenders, this re-imagined Old Fashioned is where Louisiana meet Kentucky.

Evangeline, Stirred (Featuring 2018 Good Food Award winning Chicory Pecan Bitters)
• 2 oz Buffalo Trace bourbon
• .25 oz Poirier’s cane syrup
• 2 dashes El Guapo® Chicory Pecan Bitters
• Large ice cube
• Orange peel, for garnish

In a double old-fashioned glass, combine bourbon, cane syrup and bitters. Stir using a large cube ice. Garnish with an orange peel & serve.

Andromeda

Created by 2016 Bartender of the Year, Abigail Gullo, the Andromeda is the #1 selling cocktail behind the bar of Compère Lapin, Nina Compton’s St. Lucian inspired mecca of Creole cuisine.

Nina Compton is James Beard‘s 2018 Best Chef: South winner and Season 11 Top Chef Runner-Up. Both she and her recipes appear often on the Today Show and inside the pages of the New York Times, Garden & Gun, Conde Nast Traveller and the like.

Andromeda (Featuring 2018 Good Food Award winning Rose Cordial)
• 1 oz Pisco
• .75 oz St. George Green Chili Vodka
• .75 oz Freshly squeezed lime juice
• .5 oz El Guapo® Classic Greek Rose Cordial
• .5 oz Grapefruit liqueur
• .25 oz Honey syrup (1:1 honey to water)
• 1 Egg white
• Peychaud’s bitters, sugar & salt for garnish

In a shaker filled with ice, pour Pisco, vodka, lime juice, rose cordial, liqueur, and egg white. Shake vigorously and strain into a chilled martini glass with a 50/50 sugar salt rim. Compère Lapin sprays Peychaud’s bitters over a stencil with an atomizer to create the bunny, but you can easily decorate at home with dashes or dots of bitters without using a fancy stencil or atomizer.

Blueberry Hill

Blueberry Hill, as served at Public Service inside the NOSPI Hotel.

Blueberry Hill (Featuring 2018 Good Food Award winning Rose Cordial)
• 1 oz Aviation gin
• 2 oz Rosé (flat, not sparkling)
• .25 oz El Guapo® Classic Greek Rose Cordial
• .25 oz Freshly squeezed lime juice
• 2 Dashes El Guapo® Love Potion #9 Bitters
• Crushed ice
• Fresh, whole blueberries

In a shaker, muddle 3 blueberries. Add gin, rose cordial, lime juice, bitters and ice cubes, shaking vigorously until well chilled. Double strain the cocktail into a coupe or stemmed glassware filled with crushed ice. Garnish with blueberries & serve.

Chocolate Chip Cookies

Ashley Tabor, Beverage Director at Momofuku Nishi in Manhattan, shared her chocolate chip cookie recipe featuring our 2018 Good Food Award winning Chicory Pecan Bitters with Vinepair earlier this month. “The bitters add this layer of rich coffee and nutty pecan flavor to the dough that really complement the chocolate,” Tabor says.

Chocolate Chip Cookies, by Alexis Tabor
• 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 3/4 cup refined white sugar
• 3/4 cup brown sugar
• 1 cup butter, at room temperature
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 2 tsp El Guapo® Chicory Pecan Bitters
• 1 egg
• 1 package semi-sweet chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Mix together dry ingredients, add butter, egg, and bitters, and then stir in chocolate chips. Roll into one-inch balls and place on a nonstick baking sheet about 2 to 3 inches apart. Cook for 8 to 10 minutes. Let cool.

Rose Collins

Rose Collins (Featuring 2018 Good Food Award winning Rose Cordial)
• 3 oz Vodka (we used Thirteenth Colony, but any quality vodka will do)
• 2 oz freshly squeezed lemon juice
• 1 oz El Guapo® Classic Greek Rose Cordial
• Club Soda
• Lemon wedges and/or edible flowers for garnish

Pour vodka, lemon juice and rose cordial into a mixing glass over ice. Stir clockwise with mixing spoon until well chilled. Strain into a highball glass over ice and top with club soda. Garnish with lemon wedges or edible flowers, if desired.