LCBO Food & Drink Holiday 2023

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Vodka + Winter Extract p. 241 Extracts are ingre dients concentrated for more intense flavours: vanilla, mint or lemon are a few common ones. Ex periment with your favourite flavours at home to create your own personal ized extract, which can be used to add flavour to cocktails, baked goods or whipped cream for topping holiday desserts or drinks.

COMPLETE THE KIT Extracts ideally need several weeks or more to infuse the flavours of the ingredients fully into the base, making them the ideal make-ahead gifts. Add it as you would bitters to an Ontario vodka like Willibald Farm Vodka ( LCBO 25344, $37.95 ) for a Crafty Winter Martini or a smooth and spicy Craft Vodka-Soda Highball. For a black tie–style New Year’s Glam Martini, add the extract to a black vodka like Hounds Black Vodka ( LCBO 24528, $36.95 ), which pours dramatically dark because it’s infused with fulvic trace minerals; the result is an inky cocktail that tastes as dramatic as it looks.

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