Yellow Pepper #2

Created by: Gabriella Mlynarczyk
Category: Fruit & Herb Cocktails, Savory Cocktails

We first heard of the Yellow Pepper #2 from comedian Eric Andre, who turns out to be a fan of craft cocktails. This one from mixologist Gabriella Mlynarczyk is an excellent example of her creative use of fresh ingredients, as demonstrated in her book Clean + Dirty Drinking.

It’s got “yellow” in the name, so naturally it really should be a yellow sweet pepper (AKA bell pepper or capsicum). You can juice the peppers by blending them up and straining out the solids, or just crushing chunks of pepper in a measuring glass with a heavy muddler and pouring out the juice.

You can use either mezcal or tequila, or a mix of both, depending on how smoky you’d like it. You can use any spicy bitters you’d like – Mlynarczyk’s recipe calls for Scrappy’s Firewater Bitters, but it’s another nice opportunity to bring in some smoke, if you have smoked chile bitters, or you could skip the spice altogether and bring some extra greenery with some celery or fennel bitters.

Clean + Dirty Drinking by Gabriella Mlynarczyk
Yellow Pepper #2 at The Educated Barfly

1½ parts Mezcal or Aged tequila or Blanco tequila
1½ parts yellow Sweet pepper juice
¾ part Yellow herbal liqueur
¾ part Lemon juice
¾ part Simple syrup
3 dashes Spicy bitters or Celery bitters or Fennel bitters

Shake all ingredients with ice and strain into an ice-filled short glass or small snifter. Garnish with a dash of smoked salt (or even rim your glass with it beforehand) or with a smoked pepper, like a shishito. If you don’t have either of those, a lemon twist is perfectly serviceable.

Clean + Dirty Drinking by Gabriella Mlynarczyk
Yellow Pepper #2 at The Educated Barfly

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