FOOD & BEV WITH THE DUNHAMS
IT’S A BIRD, IT’S A PLANE, IT’S ANOTHER FOOD BLOG
Welcome to the Food & Bev with the Dunhams Blog. We are so excited to share some of our favorite food and drink recipes from the restaurant (and maybe some that aren’t!) We’ll provide the recipes (minus the ridiculous amounts of scrolling), and humor while you do the creating! Feel free to reach out and ask for specific recipes y’all want to see on the blog and post and tag us on social media with your successes!
Cheers!
Chip & Amanda Dunham
Playing Mermaids!!
Let’s splash around like mermaids and drink the cutest cocktail of the summer!
Y’all it’s been a minute; we took the month of July off from the blog’ but we’re back baby!! If you haven’t been into the restaurant lately, we have changed up our cocktail list the theme is Summer fun! This cocktail is fun and delicious and wildly popular. I mean look at it its gorgeous!
The Prep (Don’t stress its easier than you think)
Cucumber Mint Gin
1 bottle of Neversink Gin
1 Cucumber
Some mint
Step 1: Remove some gin from the bottle; don’t worry you deserve a drink!
Step 2: Cut up one cucumber so it will fit into the bottle
Step 3: Pick some mint leaves.
Step 4: Put Mint leaves and cucumbers into the bottle of gin
Step 5: Let the gin infuse for at least two days
The Simple Syrup
1 cup granulated sugar
1 cup water
Step 1: In a sauce pot combine the two ingredients and cook until sugar has dissolved in the water
Step 2: Remove from stove and cool
Step 3: Reserve in the refrigerator for cocktail time
The Ingredients (Single Cocktail)
1 oz Cucumber Mint Infused Neversink Gin
.5 oz Lime Juice
.5 oz Simple Syrup
Top with Sparkling wine
Batch It Babe (5 Cocktails)
5 oz Cucumber Mint Infused Neversink Gin
2.5 oz Lime Juice
2.5 oz Simple Syrup
Top with Sparkling wine
Let’s Talk Glassware
We will serve this cocktail in a wine glass, if you don’t want to include ice in your cocktail you can also serve this in a coupe glass.
How it’s done
Step 1: Add cucumber infused gin, lime juice and simple syrup to a cocktail shaker.
Step 2: Top with ice and shake for about 40 seconds (longer if it’s more than one cocktail).
Step 3: Strain the ice and pour into your glass.
Step 4: Top with ice & sparkling wine
Step 5: Enjoy!
Pro Tip: If you want a fun garnish slice up a cucumber
Drink up Babes!!
Amanda
You can't sit with us!
Let’s make Dry January Fun!!
Y’all I’m sorry I disrupted the order of recipes last week. I took the week off from the blog; if you had kids out of school last week you may understand why.
Anyway back to why you’re here!! One of my favorite spirit categories is aperitifs and digestifs; in my opinion they are wildly under used. Which is why we use them quite a bit. Aperitifs & digestifs can have a bitter, herbal, & or sweet. The big difference between the two is aperitifs are low alcohol and are meant to stimulate your appetite, where digestifs are higher alcohol content are are intended to help with digestion or soothing a tummy after a meal.
This cocktail is made with an aperitif, and it is extremely easy to make and the only prep required is going to the store to grab your ingredients!!
The Ingredients (Single Cocktail)
1 oz Sipsmith Sloe Gin
1 oz. Select Aperitif
.5 oz Lemon Juice
1 Two Pitchers Blood Orange Radler (to top off the cocktail)
Batch It Babe (5 Mocktails)
5 oz Sipsmith Sloe Gin
5 oz. Select Aperitif
2.5 oz Lemon Juice
2 Two Pitchers Blood Orange Radler (to top off the cocktails)
How it’s done
Step 1: Add the select, gin & lemon juice to a shaker.
Step 2: Top with ice, and shake for about 30 seconds (longer if it’s more than one cocktail).
Step 3: Strain the ice and pour into your glass of choice (I prefer a rocks glass this gives you room for the Radler topper but not too much) .
Step 4: Top with a ice.
Step 5: Top off with 2-3 oz of beer, you can eyeball this.
Step 6: Enjoy!
Pro Tip: If you want a sweeter cocktail, use a larger glass and add more of the Radler, this is the sweet component of the cocktail.
Drink up Babes!!
Amanda
She Doesn't Even Go Here (Mocktail)
Let’s make Dry January Fun!!
Alright this is the last beverage post of Dry January; if you’re participating this is perfect for you; if you’re not don’t fret you can booze her up by replacing the Non- Alcoholic gin with Waterloo Barrel Aged Antique Gin. This is a fun mocktail because it’s tart, refreshing and it makes you feel fancy without the booze. This Mocktail takes a little more preparation than the last mocktail recipe I gave y’all.
The Prep (Don’t stress its easier than you think)
The Simple Syrup
1 cup granulated sugar
1 cup water
1/2 tbsp 5 spice
Step 1: In a sauce pot combine the three ingredients and cook until sugar has dissolved in the water
Step 2: Remove from stove and cool
Step 3: Reserve in the refrigerator for cocktail time
The Pear Puree
5 Ripe pears
1 cup water
Step 1: Cut & core pears
Step 2: Cover in water
Step 3: Puree Pears, reserve the water you may need to thin out the puree. (If you do use the water add it in gradually until you get your desired consistency).
The Ingredients (Single Mocktail)
1.5 oz Seedlip NA Spice Gin
1.5 oz Pear Puree
.5 oz Lemon Juice
.75 oz 5 spice simple syrup
Batch It Babe (5 Mocktails)
7.5 oz Seedlip NA Spice Gin
7.5 oz Pear Puree
2.5 oz Lemon Juice
3.75 oz 5 spice simple syrup
How it’s done
Step 1: Add your pear puree, simple syrup, lemon juice, & NA Gin to a shaker.
Step 2: Top with ice, and shake for about 25 seconds.
Step 3: Strain the ice and pour into your glass of choice.
Step 4: Top with a little ice.
Step 5: Enjoy!
Pro Tip: If you can’t find NA Gin you can replace the gin with a little water.
Drink up Babes!!
Amanda