Cocktails with Celery stick
A celery stick is a trimmed length of celery stalk, used as a garnish or muddled for its fresh green juice.
How it's used
As a garnish it is cut to the glass, five to fifteen centimeters, and serves to stir and to eat. Both jobs need a rigid stalk. Left standing in the drink, it slowly adds a faint vegetal note.
Substitutes for Celery stick
About 15 ml of fresh juice replaces a 10 cm stick. You get the same green flavor without the muddling effort.
Celery leaves
They taste great but give barely any liquid. Muddle a small handful per stick, or just use them to garnish.
A dash or two drops in plenty of aroma, but misses the crisp freshness of the real vegetable.
A tiny pinch seasons the glass well. Adding more just makes things salty and brings a seedy note.
