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MICHIGAN DRIED TART CHERRY COSMO

Source: Eric Villegas, Restaurant Villegas, Okemos, Michigan

One cup vodka
One cup dried tart cherries
One-fourth cup tart cherry juice
Two tablespoons beet sugar simple syrup*
Two tablespoons triple sec

*In saucepan mix two cups Michigan beet sugar with two cups water and a pinch of sea salt. Heat to simmer and let simmer for 2 minutes. Remove from heat and cool.

For the Cherry Vodka:

Combine dried cherries with vodka in a non-reactive container; let steep four hours or overnight. Strain. Reserve a few soaked cherries for garnish.

For the Cosmo:

Mix one-fourth cup of the cherry vodka (reserve remainder for other uses) with cherry juice concentrate, trip sec and beet sugar simple syrup with ice in a shaker.

Shake to blend; strain into a martini glass.

Garnish with soaked cherries.

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