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The Troy Monson

By Dawn PerryPhotography by Alex Lau
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Alex Lau

Yes, you can use regular oranges, but don’t you just love the color you get from blood oranges?!

Recipe information

  • Yield

    4 Servings

Ingredients

¼ cup sugar
1 tablespoon fennel seeds
8 ounces vodka
6 ounces fresh blood orange juice
4 ounces fresh lemon juice
4 thin slices fennel

Preparation

  1. Step 1

    Bring sugar, fennel seeds, and ¼ cup water to a boil in a small saucepan over medium-high. Reduce heat to low and simmer, swirling occasionally, until sugar is dissolved, about 4 minutes. Let cool, then strain into a small bowl; discard solids.

    Step 2

    For each cocktail, combine 2 oz. vodka, 1½ oz. blood orange juice, 1 oz. lemon juice, and ½ oz. reserved fennel syrup in a cocktail shaker and fill with ice. Shake until outside of shaker is frosty, about 30 seconds. Strain into a rocks glass filled with cracked ice and garnish with 1 fennel slice.

TagsCocktailAlcoholBeveragesAmericanBlood OrangeOrangeCitrusFruitFennelRoot VegetableVegetableEasyQuickBon Appétit
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