Persephone’s Bouquet Recipe

Persephones bouquet is a stunning jewel-toned cocktail bursting with citrus and floral scents and flavors. Its the creation of the folks over at the cocktail vultures blog, invented as an homage to the queen of the underworld from greek mythology. The cocktail vultures specify that it should be made with blood oranges, and their slightly-bitter, more complex flavor does a great job of keeping the drinks sweetness in check. However, if you only have standard oranges on hand, theyll still make for a lovely bouquet. Vodka is called for in the recipe, which places a greater focus on the non-spirit ingredients. But its just as delicious and a smidge more interesting with gin, and the flavors are plenty strong enough to stand up to a floral, herbaceous gin like hendricks.