Ginger Sage Cocktail | Recipe

Ever since we featured the Ginger Shot and the Ginger Pineapple Shot on our blog, all FLSK team members have been enthusiastic ginger fans. Why? The spicy tuber tastes like a vacation in Asia, makes us alert and fit. With its ingredients like the anti-inflammatory gingerol, it's rightly considered a superfood.

Today, we're recommending ginger in a different form: in a pre-spring ginger and sage cocktail! Combined with an elegant hint of sage and sparkling wine, this creates a drink that pairs perfectly with the first greens of the year. To capture some of the ginger's spiciness, we've boiled it down to a delicate syrup. Happy toasting!

This is what you need:

For the drink:

• 3 tbsp honey

• 40 ml water

• ½ pear

• 5 cm ginger root

• 5 fresh sage leaves

• 150 ml dry sparkling wine

For decoration:

• 2 fresh sage leaves

It's that easy:

1. Wash, peel, core, and slice the pear. Slice the ginger. Remove any loose ginger peel to prevent crumbs from ending up in your drink.

2. Heat the water in a saucepan and add the honey. Stir occasionally until the honey dissolves.

3. Add the pears, ginger, and sage leaves and simmer uncovered for about 10 minutes. Remove the pot from the heat and let it steep for another 10 minutes.

4. Remove the ginger, sage, and pear pieces from the syrup with a spoon. Place the pear pieces in a cocktail glass and add a teaspoon (or more to taste) of syrup. Top with sparkling wine and let the fresh sage float on top of the drink as a garnish.

Tips for sustainable cooking:

• Serve small skewers with your drink. Then your guests can savor the aromatic pear pieces in the glass after finishing their drink.

• You can reuse any leftover syrup and the boiled ginger and sage parts – for example, in tea, homemade lemonade, or simply in mineral water. Try it out and make your drink zero waste !

• You can also make more syrup and store it in a clean jam jar in the refrigerator for several weeks.