LCBO Food & Drink Autumn 2025

GARDEN VARIETY

Spiced Carrot Punch

Carrot juice is available at lots of grocers and health food stores, but, if you own a juicer, by all means make your own. We usually think of cocktail syrups as water-based, but the addition of a milk-based syrup here is pretty dreamy. In a cocktail shaker filled with ice, combine 11/4 oz amber rum, 2 oz carrot juice, 1/4 oz lime juice and 1/2 oz Spiced Milk Syrup (recipe follows). Hard shake for 20 seconds and strain into a cocktail glass. Top with a dusting of freshly grated nutmeg and garnish with a carrot ribbon. SPICED MILK SYRUP Stir together a 300-mL can sweetened condensed milk, 2 tsp (10 mL) vanilla paste or extract, 1/4 tsp (1 mL) freshly grated nutmeg and a pinch of salt. Refrigerate until chilled. Syrup will keep 1 week covered and refrigerated. Makes 1 drink

Makes 11/4 cups (310 mL)

Find recipes for two more savoury cocktails online at LCBO.com/fdautumn25

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