I’ve mentioned this a few times before, but I happen to be a bit of a canning addict. So with everyone touting their delicious jam cocktails, I decided to try one of my own… with Green Tomato Jam!
We made this jam last fall, long after we had picked our green tomatoes. They sat on the kitchen counter for what seemed to be forever, and we finally decided to can them. At first I wasn’t sure what to think of the jam. And in fact we left it in the pantry for months. We finally brought it out a little while back and tested it with a delicious Parrano cheese and baguette. It was fabulous! And it was wonderful in this cocktail as well.
Green Heather Vodka Tonic
2 oz Heather Flower Vodka
1/2 TB Green Tomato Jam
5 oz Tonic Water
Lemon Twist
Stir the Heather flower vodka and green tomato jam with ice, add tonic and garnish with a twist. Add more ice if needed.
This was very tasty and refreshing. The green tomato jam added a lovely tangy lemony sweet flavor, and the heather flowers paired nicely.
I think this is a great cocktail to drink during next week’s #GartenderChat! If you haven’t checked it out yet, the next one is Thursday, June 21 at 6:00 pm Pacific time.
Cheers!
Boozed + Infused 
June 16, 2012 at 2:00 pm
Just curious but would the heather flower vodka tast like gin? Heather is not a gin ingredient (I thin) but it seems like the floral element would be gin-like…
June 17, 2012 at 8:12 am
I don’t think I would say it really tastes like gin, although I should probably do a taste test and compare them a bit better. It was hard to describe the flavor of the heather flower infusion just tasting it on its own. It was not an extremely floral flavor or scent.