Talk:Smoky Gravlax Salmon/@comment-1888018-20100214221735

We paired this appetizer with a cocktail, using some of the same ingredients we used in making the gravlax salmon.

Smoky Saffron cocktail

1 1/2 oz Sub Rosa Saffron vodka 1/2 oz Domaine de Canton ginger liqueur or a high quality orange liqueur like Cointreau 1/2 oz lime juice 1/2 oz Lapsang souchong syrup

Shake over ice and serve on the rocks in a salt and pepper-rimmed cocktail glass.

Lapsang souchong is of course the delicious Chinese black tea dried over burning pine wood. To make the syrup, simply brew hot Lapsang souchong and mix with an equal volume of sugar. This is your standard 1:1 simple syrup.