Taste This: Learning to Make Sherry Cocktails at Duende in Oakland

Taste This host Leslie Sbrocco joins Duende Bar Manager Chase Henriksen as he shares recipes for sherry cocktails.

Recipe: Trans Atlantic – Sherry Shrub Cocktail

Ingredients:
• 2 ounces medium dry amontillado sherry
• 1 ounce housemade plum shrub
• Seltzer water, to taste
• Lemon twist, for garnish

Instructions:
1. Combine the amontillado sherry with the plum shrub in a shaker filled with ice. Shake and pour into a glass with ice.
2. Top with seltzer water and a lemon twist.
3. Serve immediately.

Recipe: Quince Shrub

Ingredients:
• 2 cups white wine, such as Chardonnay
• 2 cups white wine vinegar
• 3 cups sugar
• 1 teaspoon fine sea salt
• 1 1-inch vanilla bean pod, split lengthwise
• 5 peppercorns
• 1 1/2 pounds quinces (2 to 4), peeled, quartered, and cored
• 1/2 cup Champagne vinegar

Instructions:
1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
2. In a deep roasting pan combine the wine, vinegar, sugar, salt, vanilla bean, peppercorns and quince.
3. Roast until the quince is tender, about 2 1/2 hours.
4. Strain through a fine sieve and add the 1/2 cup Champagne vinegar.
5. Pour into a jar with a tight fitting lid. Allow to cool. Store in a cool, dark place.