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Recipe ArchiveWeek 01 of 8 · First FrostServing This Week

Sugar & Snow

Three ingredients and a rim that looks like a shoveled sidewalk. The white chocolate snowball is the part guests photograph before they taste it.

gin, elderflower liqueur, fresh lemon · served coupe · No. 02 of 24, season 2026

Sugar & Snow gin and elderflower cocktail with a sugar-and-salt frosted rim and a white chocolate snowball on the rim

Method

  1. 01

    Rim a chilled coupe with a sugar-and-salt blend for a snow-dusted look.

  2. 02

    Shake gin, elderflower and lemon with ice for 12 seconds.

  3. 03

    Double-strain into the rimmed coupe.

Garnish

Full sugar-and-salt frosted rim, with an edible white chocolate “snowball” resting on the rim.

Also on Week 01 · First Frost · opens November 2

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