Today on Unwined with Mandi I presented my heartwarming twist of one of my favorite classic cocktails; the Old Fashioned. I shared my secret recipe for making the most magic pumpkin pie syrup.
You can make hot drinks and non-alcoholic cocktails as well!
Here is my creation « Mabon Harvest »
But what does Mabon mean?
𝑀𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑛 𝑖𝑠 𝑎 𝑝𝑎𝑔𝑎𝑛 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑐𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑏𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑒𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑛𝑜𝑥, 𝑒𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑛𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑆𝑒𝑝𝑡𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟. 𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑠 𝑎 𝑓𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑎𝑙 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑣𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑎𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑛𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡, 𝑓𝑜𝑐𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑛 𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑣𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑡ℎ 𝑏𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠 𝑢𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟. 𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑠 𝑎 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑓𝑒𝑐𝑡 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑟𝑒𝑓𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑠.
Every year in the fall, my little tradition is to whip up a batch of pumpkin pie syrup. To keep things simple, I recommend using canned pumpkin from the supermarket. However, you can always buy a real pumpkin and roast it in the oven if you're in the mood for some DIY! You can also add your favorite spices, of course. I like to include maple syrup and cocoa.
For bourbon, my top three would be of course: Maker's Mark, Buffalo Trace, or if you're feeling fancy, my revelation from last year, Angel's Envy.
To support our Quebec products and add some variety to the cocktail, my good friends at Puyjalon, a distillery located on the Côte-Nord, have released Manitou, a maple liqueur that I had the great pleasure of tasting when Mario, the owner of the distillery, visited Montreal.
