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If I started by telling you what this drink consists of, it would probably sound quite ordinary, so I’ll talk first about its mysterious name, which I bet is not so mysterious for my Japanese friends. Momotaro, or Peach Boy, is a Japanese folklore tale character, who was found by and old couple in a peach and brought up as if it was their child.\u00a0I don’t know if the person who named this drink was a fan of Momotaro tale or simply of Japanese origins. The most important is that the cocktail is deliciously summery and makes one feel as if autumn was still far, far away. It is also quick to prepare and requires very few ingredients. I see it as a mood-improving, adult fruit smoothie.<\/p>\n
I knew that peach and gin are an incredibly good pairing (see my\u00a0Peach and Gin Mousse<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Peach and Gin Jam<\/a>\u00a0recipes), so I wonder why I waited such a long time before trying them in a drink. Luckily\u00a0I found the perfect recipe at\u00a0Mix Shake and Pour<\/a>. My only modification was omitting the\u00a0syrup, since my peach was very ripe and I hate very sweet drinks.<\/p>\n TIPS: Do not be tempted to use lime juice here instead of the simple lemon one. In my opinion it ruins the cocktail (I have tried once).<\/p>\n Preparation: 10 minutes<\/em><\/p>\n Ingredients for 1 Momotaro drink:<\/em><\/p>\n 1 big very ripe peach<\/em><\/p>\n 50 ml gin<\/em><\/p>\n juice from 1\/2 lemon (do not be tempted to use lime juice!)<\/em><\/p>\n ice<\/em><\/p>\n (sugar syrup, just in case the peach is not ripe)<\/em><\/p>\n Cover the peach with boiling water for two minutes. Remove it with a slotted spoon and put into very cold water. After a couple of minutes the peel will come off easily with your fingers. (If it doesn’t, it means that the peach is unripe).<\/p>\n Remove the stone and mix the peach in a blender, adding a couple of ice cubes, lemon juice and gin. Mix again. Taste if more lemon juice or sugar syrup is needed.<\/p>\n Pour into a glass, add two or three ice cubes and smile!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" If I started by telling you what this drink consists of, it would probably sound quite ordinary, so I’ll talk first about its mysterious name,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13238,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[56,125,205],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.withaglass.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11389"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.withaglass.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.withaglass.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.withaglass.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.withaglass.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11389"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.withaglass.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11389\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11391,"href":"https:\/\/www.withaglass.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11389\/revisions\/11391"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.withaglass.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/13238"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.withaglass.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.withaglass.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.withaglass.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}