#IngredientShowdown: How To Make The Gentle Monkey

Every Wednesday this month, we’re bringing you how-to videos with easy and unique recipes from top tastemakers – featuring artisanal ingredients direct from The Fare Trade.

This week, we’re mixing it up with mixologist Talmadge of Pharmacie LA using April’s Featured Product – The Jam Stand’s Drunken Monkey Jam - to create a new signature cocktail, The Gentle Monkey!

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Ingredients:

1 tablespoon of The Jam Stand’s Drunken Monkey Jam

2 oz Rum

1 oz Allspice liqueur

1 bottle champagne or cava

lime peel

Directions:

1. Place 1 large tablespoon (or 2 small teaspoons) of the jam in a cocktail shaker with ice.

2. Add 2 oz Rum & 1 oz Allspice Liqueur

3. Shake vigorously and then strain into a cocktail coupe.

4. Top with champagne and stir.