Batch Blood Orange & Sage Margaritas

Looking for a little salt to balance out all of those sweets?

Ingredients:

• 6 oz. fresh blood orange juice

• 1 oz. fresh lime juice

• 2 oz. sage simple syrup - method below

• 6 oz. tequila

• 4 oz. Triple Sec

• One blood orange

• Fresh Sage

Instructions:

1. Rim 4 glasses with Flouwer Co. Garnishing Salt (or Orange Blossom Finishing Sugar if you are still leaning into the sweets).

2. Fill the glasses with crushed ice.

3. Combine all ingredients into a pitcher and stir to mix well. You may strain the blood orange juice if you want to remove any pulp.

4. Pour over ice.

5. Garnish with blood orange slices and a sprig of sage.

Sage Simple Syrup

• ½ cup granulated sugar + ¾ cup water

• Sage leaves

1. In a small saucepan combine sugar and water and heat on medium-low until sugar is fully dissolved.

2. Add in about 10-15 sage leaves and gently simmer on low for about 3-5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Be sure to keep an eye on it so it doesn’t burn.

3. Remove from heat, take out the sage and allow to cool completely before using.

Batch Blood Orange Mocktail Spritzer

Celebrating with the kids or looking for a little reset? This spritzer is refreshing, celebratory, and perfectly seasonal with blood oranges and rosemary.

Ingredients:

• 8oz. fresh blood orange juice

• 4Tbs rosemary simple syrup - method below

• One lime

• One blood orange.

• Fresh Rosemary

• Bitters - we like to use orange bitters

• Seltzer

Instructions:

1. Rim 4 glasses with Flouwer Co. Orange Blossom Finishing Sugar.

2. Fill the glasses with ice. A large cube is nice here.

3. Combine the blood orange juice and the rosemary simple syrup into a shaker and combine well. You may strain the blood orange juice if you want to remove any pulp.

4. Pour over ice and top with seltzer.

5. Finish with a squeeze of lime and a couple of dashes of bitters on top of each glass.

6. Garnish with blood orange slices and a sprig of rosemary.

Rosemary Simple Syrup

• ½ cup granulated sugar + ¾ cup water

• 4 large rosemary sprigs

1. In a small saucepan combine sugar and water and heat on medium-low until sugar is fully dissolved.

2. Add the rosemary and gently simmer on low for about 3-5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Be sure to keep an eye on it so it doesn’t burn.

3. Remove from heat, take out the rosemary and allow to cool completely before using.

Cheers to all of you! Thank you for your support over the past year. We appreciate it more than you will ever know and we are looking forward to what 2022 has in store!

Cheers!

Kristen, Theresa & The Flouwer Co. Girls