THE DRAGON’S FLAME

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Whether you’re hosting a book club or looking for something to make on your own, here are some tried and tested drinks that are sure to invoke a fiery feeling.

Ingredients:

• 1.5 oz smoky mezcal* (a fiery taste to represent our charred enemies)

• 0.5 oz spiced rum* (to invoke adventure) 

• 0.75 oz blood orange juice (to quench Andarna’s desire to eat everything she encounters)

• 0.5 oz lime juice (because it’s tart like tairn) 

• 0.5 oz dragon fruit syrup (or sub for grenadine) 

• A pinch of edible glitter (to emulate dragon scales) 

• 1 oz ginger beer (spicy with a pinch of sweetness, just like Andarna) 

• Flamed orange peel or a sprig of rosemary for garnishing

• Black salt & sugar to rim a rocks glass

*For a non-alcoholic version, sub mezcal and rum with non-alcoholic spirits. For a sweeter taste, you can sub with cranberry, pomegranate, or pineapple juice.

Instructions:

For the dragon fruit syrup:

1. Combine equal parts dragon fruit puree and sugar in a saucepan.

2. Heat on low, stirring until the sugar dissolves.

3. Cool and strain into a bottle.

For the cocktail:

1. Rim a rocks glass with lime juice, black lava salt, & sugar.

2. Combine mezcal, spiced rum, blood OJ, lime juice, and dragon fruit syrup in a shaker.

3. Strain into the prepared glass over fresh ice.

4. Top with ginger beer and give it a gentle stir.

5. Add edible glitter & garnish with a flamed orange peel or a rosemary sprig to evoke the essence of dragons.

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