Ah, Sunflower!

Ah, Sunflower!
Davide Luciano for The New York Times. Food stylist: Maggie Ruggiero. Prop stylist: Gozde Eker.
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This cocktail — essentially a tequila sour softened by elderflower liqueur and gilded with a garnish of flower petals and toasted sunflower seeds (which add a surprising crunch) — aspires to capture some of the unambiguous cheerfulness most of us associate with sunflowers and serve it in a glass. It’s named for William Blake’s decidedly ambiguous poem, “Ah! Sunflower.”

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Ingredients

Yield:1 drink
  • 2oz. blanco tequila
  • ½oz. elderflower liqueur
  • ½oz. fresh lime juice
  • 1egg white
  • 2dashes orange bitters
  • 5toasted sunflower seeds
  • Edible flowers to garnish
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Preparation

  1. Step 1

    Shake tequila, elderflower liqueur, lime juice and egg white with ice. Strain into a glass filled with ice. Add bitters. Garnish with seeds and flowers.

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Yum! plenty sweet for me.

To my taste this could just be a bit sweeter. I recommend more Elderflower or a little agave syrup.

Um, no egg white in the ingredients list. Optional??

That was just a technical error — the egg white is there now. Thanks for bringing that to our attention.

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