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Shaken · Highball

Nathan McCarley-O'Neill, The NoMad, New York City

Longfellow cocktail recipe

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What goes in it

Method · Shaken

  1. 1Shake everything except the soda with ice.
  2. 2Strain into a highball glass over three ice cubes, top with soda water and garnish with a ribbon of daikon radish.
Glass
Highball
Ice
Cubed
Garnish
Daikon radish ribbon

Prep ahead

House prep

Horseradish Gin

Yield
About 1 L
Keeps
4 weeks
Storage
Refrigerated

Ingredients

  • 150 gFreshly grated horseradish
  • 1 LPlymouth-style gin

Method

  1. 1Vacuum seal the horseradish and gin together and hold in a seventy degree Celsius water bath for thirty minutes. Pass through a chinois and bottle.

Fresh juice

Lemon Juice

Yield
About 1.5 oz per lemon
Keeps
2 days
Storage
Refrigerated

Ingredients

  • Fresh lemons

Method

  1. 1Juice in small batches. Strain out seeds and pulp. Store in the refrigerator.

House prep

Honey Syrup (2:1)

Keeps
2 months
Storage
Refrigerated

Ingredients

  • 2 partshoney, acacia preferred (by volume)
  • 1 partwarm water (by volume)

Method

  1. 1Stir the honey into the warm water until fully combined. Let cool. Store in the refrigerator.

House prep

Cinnamon Syrup (1:1)

Keeps
1 month
Storage
Refrigerated

Ingredients

  • 1 partwhite sugar (by weight)
  • 1 partwater (by weight)
  • 3 cinnamon sticks per cup of water, broken up

Method

  1. 1Simmer the cinnamon in the water for 5 minutes. Stir in the sugar until dissolved, then let steep as it cools, about 2 hours. Strain. Store in the refrigerator.

Mixer

Saline Solution (1:5)

Keeps
Indefinitely
Storage
Room temperature

Ingredients

  • 1 partsalt
  • 5 partswater

Method

  1. 1Stir until dissolved.

Mixer

Soda Water

Storage
Refrigerated

Ingredients

  • Soda water or club soda

About the Longfellow

Longfellow is a highball made with horseradish gin, cocchi americano and lemon juice, created by Nathan McCarley-O'Neill at The NoMad.

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