{"id":82499,"date":"2016-06-23T02:00:29","date_gmt":"2016-06-23T09:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/?p=82499"},"modified":"2017-01-20T15:33:40","modified_gmt":"2017-01-20T23:33:40","slug":"shiso-cocktail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/shiso-cocktail\/","title":{"rendered":"Combine This Japanese Herb with Tequila for a Refreshing Cocktail"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We will always enjoy a simple cocktail &#8212; especially if it&#8217;s easy to make and tastes delicious.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.faithandflowerla.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Faith and Flower<\/a>, one of our fave restaurants in Los Angeles, has created a\u00a0libation that has a unique taste, yet it&#8217;s still refreshing. They&#8217;re taking shiso (a Japanese herb), tequila, cucumber slices, and lime juice to create a drink that&#8217;s perfect for those warm, summer nights.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Shiso Easy\u00a0<\/strong><em>recipe courtesy of<\/em>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.faithandflowerla.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Faith and Flower<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Ingredients<\/strong><br \/>\n1 ounce Tapatio Blanco<br \/>\n1\/2 ounce Contratto Bianco<br \/>\n3\/4 ounce shiso syrup<br \/>\n3\/4 ounce lime juice<br \/>\n3 cucumber slices<br \/>\nPinch of salt<br \/>\n2 ounces soda<br \/>\n250 grams white sugar<\/p>\n<p><strong>Directions<\/strong><br \/>\n1. Prepare the shiso syrup (recipe below).<br \/>\n2. In a shaking tin, add the shiso syrup, cucumbers, salt, and lime juice.\u00a0 Muddle, then add spirits and shake with one ice cube<br \/>\n3. Add soda to the tin and strain over fresh ice in a collins glass<br \/>\n4. Garnish with a shiso leaf picked through a cucumber slice<\/p>\n<p><strong>Shiso Syrup<\/strong><br \/>\n1. Weigh out 50 grams shiso leaves and place in a blender with 250 grams water<br \/>\n2. Blend and strain through a chinois<br \/>\n3. Add 250 grams white sugar and whisk until sugar has dissolved<\/p>\n<p>xx, The FabFitFun Team<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":"We will always enjoy a simple cocktail -- especially if it's easy to make and ...","author":1265,"featured_media":82502,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[268],"tags":[],"thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/static.fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/21071013\/Mass-Effect.jpg","thumbnail_url_middle_card":"https:\/\/static.fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/21071013\/Mass-Effect.jpg","formated_date":"June 23, 2016","category_name":"Food &amp; Drink","category_icon":"","author_name":"","trending":false,"sponsored":false,"random_color":"#689cd8","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82499"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1265"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82499"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82499\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82502"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82499"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}