Now that all of the buzz has died down, it’s time to announce our two mixologists with the most.
Ten challengers pitted their shakers against each other in a Szechuan button booze battle to see who could come up with the very best in cutting edge cocktails.
We put their creations to a vote here on the Marx Foods blog, and Knuckle Salad’s Tootsie Pop Rock Martini zapped its way into our readers’ hearts. As a reward Knuckle Salad will be receiving their very own mixologist sampler, including more Szechuan buttons (once you’d started playing with these shocking little flowers, it’s hard to stop) and two herbs with very complex cocktail-friendly flavors: shiso leaves & dulce leaves.
But that’s not all. There’s a second sampler on the table. The recipient of this one was decided by an internal vote by the challengers themselves…and it’s going to: At Home with Rebecka’s Bite My Sweet Tarts-Tini recipe!
Don’t confine your attention to the two top of shelf cocktails, however. The other bloggers came up with some very innovative combinations you don’t want to miss. Click their blog names below to check out their recipes!
Here are the results of the challenger vote:
At Home with Rebecka (4 votes), Just Get Floury (1), Insatiable (1), Knuckle Salad (1), An Opera Singer in the Kitchen (1), The Bad Girl’s Kitchen, A Cook Walks into a Bar, My Kitchen Kreations to You, A Happy Girl and Loving Life…, First, Make a Roux!.
Thanks to everyone who participated!
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Yea!! What a lovely Surprise!
Each of the challengers made equally delicious concoctions and I’m honored to have been in such good company! Thanks to all my fellow mixologists for your votes and to MarxFoods for bringing another adventurous ingredient into my kitchen!
Congratulations, Rebecka! After I had worked with the ingredient, seeing the way you handled it and solved the problem of making it both effective and pretty knocked my socks off. I thought you did an amazing job, and so did the other competitors. This was a fun contest to be a part of!
Kristina, thanks for the lovely comment about my cocktail. I loved your tootsie pop rock martini as well. Very cleaver idea to pair pop rocks with the szechuan buttons!
So what will you make next with your winning shipment of szechuan buttons, shiso and dulce leaves?