A Vodka Cocktail Recipe That Celebrates the Forgotten Items in Your Fridge

Michael Chiem, award-winning mixologist and one of the mad scientists behind PS40’s famous breakfast negroni, has returned to create a sustainable vodka cocktail recipe that celebrates the forgotten items in your fridge.

Chiem has partnered with Absolut to launch Absolut Reuse; a collective of Australian makers, designers, artists and chefs to inspire and celebrate the reuse of the otherwise wasted, old or forgotten. Showing us that with a little creativity, anything old or wasted can be reimagined into something brilliant.

Enter: The Re-tini. A refreshing take on the classic martini that delivers new flavours from the most unlikely everyday ingredients.

Warning: It’s hard to stop at just one.

Ingredients

45ml Absolut Vodka
5ml Trashcan citrus husk olive brine
20ml Pea and sad herbs syrup
20ml Tomatillo juice
Coriander powder to garnish

Method

In a small saucepan, cover citrus husk with water and olive brine, bring to the boil and then take off the heat. Allow to cool, then strain and store in the fridge.
In a small saucepan, boil lightly salted water (approximately 2 cups) and blanch the sugar snap peas. Fresh in ice water. Repeat this process with the sad herbs. Put the peas and herbs in a blender, along with 100ml cold water and 100g of caster sugar, blend until smooth, allow to cool and store in the fridge.
Juice the tomatillos as you would any fruit and reserve.
Put all ingredients into a Boston glass cocktail shaker, shake, then strain and pour into a martini or coup/coupette glass, garnish with a pinch of ground coriander powder over the top.

There you have it, with a little creativity comes a guilt-free vodka cocktail recipe you can sip knowing you’re playing a small part for the planet.

This is the inspiration behind the Absolut Recycled limited edition bottle, and is a belief shared by all of the Absolut Reuse creators. The Absolut Recycled limited edition bottle is made from more than 41% recycled glass, and with each tonne Absolut is reusing, they’re saving the same in our Earth’s resources .

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