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Sip Your Cocktail Like Mike Award-winning spirits line launched by professional sports rivals BY CHRISTY HINKO
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February 22 is National Margarita Day. The margarita cocktail is the most common tequila-based cocktail served in the U.S., consisting of tequila, triple sec and lime or lemon juice. A key ingredient is notably the freshly squeezed juice.
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he story behind the four expressions of Cincoro Spirits tequila is quite unexpected. In July 2016, a group of friendly professional basketball rivals, Jeanie Buss (Los Angeles Lakers owner), Wes Edens (Milwaukee Bucks owner), Emilia Fazzalari and Wyc Grousbeck (Boston Celtics owners) and Michael Jordan (only one of the greatest basketball players of all time, Chicago Bulls fame and owner of the Charlotte Hornets) met for dinner. They began the evening as acquaintances and after sharing stories and discovering a mutual love of tequila, they quickly formed the partnership. The five friends starting a company from scratch, ensuring their vision for a new style of tequila that was smooth
on the palate, rich and complex in flavor, with a long luxurious finish. Cincoro tequila is made with the highest quality, 100 percent Weber Blue agave from private farms in both the highland and lowland regions of Jalisco, Mexico. “We set out to create a sipping tequila that is ultra-smooth, naturally rich, complex and delicious; a tequila with exceptional taste,” said Fazzalari, chief executive officer and founding partner of Cinco Spirits. The agave is hand-selected, slow-cooked and distilled in separate small batches, creating two distinct distillates, which are artfully blended to create Cincoro Blanco (fresh, cooked agave, citrus, lime, grapefruit, black pepper, unaged, $70), one of
Cincoro line of tequila four Cincoro expressions. The Reposado (smooth, cooked agave, caramelized vanilla, white chocolate, aged 8-10 months, $90), Añejo (rich and complex, toasted oak, butterscotch, orange, dark chocolate, aged 24-28 months, $130) and Extra Añejo (elegant, dried fruit, fig, baked
spices, light coffee, aged 40-44 months, $1,600) expressions are barrel-aged in an underground cellar to maximize flavor and complexity. The signature Cincoro taste profile highlights the terroir of the agave, and each expression is a one-of-akind tequila experience akin to a single
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On National Margarita Day malt scotch, American craft bourbon or fine wine. “Through hard work, determination and collaboration with our amazing group of founders and extended team, we have brought to life Cincoro Tequila,” said Fazzalari. “We believe each of our four Cincoro expressions provides a unique tequila experience that can transcend the category.” To complement the exquisite tequila, the team commissioned Mark Smith, vice president of innovation special projects at Nike, to design the bottle, packaging and brand identity. The sleek, contemporary and unique bottle is a glass sculpture of the agave leaf that highlights the liquid with a five-sided base, showcasing the Cincoro Fire Agave icon in the punt at a 23-degree angle, topped with a king’s crown crystal stopper. The name Cincoro, translating to “five gold” in Spanish (“cinco” meaning five, “oro” meaning gold), pays homage to the five founding partners and their pursuit to create the gold standard in tequila. Visit www.cincoro.com for more information about the Cincoro line of products and a list of local retailers.
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Ingredients: • 2 oz Cincoro Blanco • 1 ½ oz blood orange juice • ½ oz fresh lime juice • ¼ oz agave syrup • Lime wheel garnish Method: 1. Build all ingredients into a cocktail shaker then shake vigorously. 2. Pour into an ice filled rocks glass. 3. Garnish with lime wheel.
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Ingredients: • 2 oz Cincoro Reposado • ½ oz real maple syrup • ¼ oz fresh lemon juice • Lemon Twist Method: 1. Build all ingredients in a glass mug, add hot water and then stir briskly. 2. Garnish with lemon twist. —Recipes provided by Cincoro Spirits
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Air Fryers On Game Day Overtime BY CHRISTY HINKO
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t’s no secret that the “C” word has people rethinking their Big Game Day plans, and many who traditionally celebrate by going to their favorite pub or restaurant for a viewing party are preparing now for an at-home celebration. We recently asked some of the self-proclaimed, “Foodies” of Facebook’s Long Island Foodie group page what will be included in their home celebration menus for the Big Game and were surprised to not just find that many people are doing a lot of homecooking, but more specifically, they will be giving their air fryers a good game day workout. Here’s what some of them told us they have planned:
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rings and zucchini sticks. Two bricks of velveeta and a jar of salsa in the crockpot (molten cheese goes with everything in my eyes). Not everyJames Kacinski: thing all at once; my appliances can’t A bunch of oven and air fryer apps/ support that. . .I’ll roll out the items snacks: pigs in a blanket (wrapped a few at a time throughout the game. in canned crescent rolls), frozen No “real” food. It’s a snacking event. chicken tenders, pretzel nuggets, garlic roasted baby red potatoes, Danielle Marie: tater tots, fried green beans, onion I’m not a cook. I can’t even boil
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water, no joke. But, I am attempting to make buffalo chicken roll-ups, Doritos taco salad, French dip sliders and fluffy s’mores dip for a dessert. Plus chips/pretzels and french onion dip. Hubby will make wings.
Nicole McKee:
Superbowl is just like New Year’s Eve in my house. Lots of dips and
apps and yay for a three-shelf air fryer (nothing fancy, it’s a 14-quart NuWave Brio). So far so good! I use it every other day. My kids had no clue I coated nuggets in French’s mustard, not flour and egg, before the panko; saves so many calories. I have even used truffle mustard for my “grown up chicken nuggets” because you actually do get the truffle flavor!
Nothing Beats Mom’s Cooking Comfort dishes that taste like home Chock it up to good old fashion nostalgia, but there are few things more Grey Sole Oregano comforting in life than mom’s home cooking. And with everyone being in Eating healthy is very important nowadays, so Long Island Weekly editor quarantine for the past year, we can all use some extra comfort nowadays. Anthony Murray’s mother, Laraine, has a great option. These recipes have a special something—no doubt the love and time that goes into its preparation—that warm the soul on the most stressful of days. Ingredients 6 (4 to 5 oz) sole fillets New England Clam Chowder 1/4 teaspoon of ground black This clam chowder recipe is the perfect pepper dish to warm you up on a cold day. Just 2 tablespoons dry white wine one spoonful will put your tastebuds into 1 tablespoon of squeezed overdrive, leaving you wanting more. Editor lemon juice Caroline Ryan’s mother received this clam 1/4 cup of dry seasoned chowder recipe many years ago when she was on vacation in Nantucket. breadcrumbs The dish has been enjoyed ever since. 2 tablespoons chopped fresh Italian parsley Directions Ingredients 1 teaspoon dried oregano 2 cans or 8 oz. minced clams with This is intended to be a one pot recipe 2 tablespoons of extra-virgin Cook bacon in a 3-4 quart pot until crisp. liquid olive oil. Remove and drain bacon. Pour off all 2 medium potatoes (diced) 1 generous pinch of black pepper but two tablespoons of grease. Add diced Directions onion and saute until translucent. Add the Position a rack in the top third of 1 medium onion (diced) breadcrumbs, parsley and oregadiced potatoes, water, clams and salt and the oven and preheat the oven to 5 to 6 strips of bacon no. Top each fillet with an equal pepper. Shake in corn starch, stir. Cover 1 1/2 cups water 400 degrees. Lightly oil a 13 by 9 amount of the breadcrumb mixture. 1/3 cups of corn starch or potato the pot and simmer for 12 minutes or baking dish. Season the sole fillet Drizzle with olive oil. Bake for 15 until potatoes are tender. Do not allow the with pepper. Fold each fillet in half flakes to 20 minutes until the fish flakes chowder to boil. Add milk and butter and crosswise. Make sure to arrange the easily. 1 tsp. salt crumble in bacon. Heat, stirring occasion- baking dish and drizzle the wine 3 cups milk Recipe submitted ally until butter is melted. Serve hot and 1 stick butter by Anthony Murray and lemon juice over the fillets. In a enjoy. Yields approximately 2 quarts. small mixing bowl, mix the Recipe submitted by Caroline Ryan 6A | WINTER DINING GUIDE • FEBRUARY 3 - 9, 2021
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