Gin and Celery Tonic

This Gin and Celery Tonic is as about refreshing as cocktail can be. The green color is so appealing and it makes you feel like consuming a cocktail is almost healthy.

 

This celery tonic lends itself perfectly to the herbal notes of gin. I'd suggest a botanical gin such as Hendrick's or St. George's, but any herbal or London dry gin will do. If you like gin, this cocktail will make you very happy. And if you think you don't care for gin, maybe you should give it another chance!

This cocktail doesn't require a lot of ingredients. 

Ingredients for a Gin and Celery Tonic:

Gin: I recommend a botanical gin. 

Celery: This is a great way to use up some of the celery that might be losing some of its crispness in your vegetable bin. You can use both the stalks and the leaves of the celery. 

Lemon Juice: I used Meyer lemon juice, but any fresh lemon juice will work with this recipe. 

Sugar

Ice cubes: Both for the shaker and the glass

How to Make a Gin and Celery Tonic:

First, finely chop celery stalks. 

Next, add the chopped celery to the bottom of a cocktail shaker along with the lemon juice and sugar. Muddle these ingredients together with a muddler. Top with ice cubes and add the gin. Shake the ingredients vigorously. 

After that, fill a rocks glass with ice cubes. 

Finally, strain the shaker ingredients into the glass and serve. 

Celery is a wonderful ingredient. I usually keep a bunch in my crisper, and just for dipping or to garnish a bloody Mary. 

Chop it up and add it to soups, make homemade pesto with the leaves, try a citrus and celery salad, or make a celery root soup appetizer. 

Celery is not just for cutting calories! And it's actually pretty nutritious. 

This week the Sunday Funday group is celebration National Celery Month with recipes where celery is the star:

• Apple Celery Soup from Mayuri’s Jikoni
• Bacon, Celery, & Pecan Stuffed Celery from Amy’s Cooking Adventures
• Celery and Kale Paratha from Cook with Renu
• Celery Steak from A Day in the Life on the Farm
• Gin and Celery Tonic from Karen’s Kitchen Stories
• Homemade Celery Salt from Food Lust People Love
• Pulled Chicken & Celery Sandwiches  by Sneha's Recipe
• Slow-Roasted Celery from Culinary Adventures with Camilla
• Stir-Fried Shrimp with Chinese Celery from Palatable Pastime

This is an updated post, first published in August, 2014. I've added a printable recipe card, new information, and updated photos. 

I first saw this cocktail in the September, 2014 issue of Bon Appetit and had to make it the minute I saw it. 

Gin and Celery Tonic Recipe

Yield: 1 cocktail

Author: Karen's Kitchen Stories

Prep time: 5 MinTotal time: 5 Min

This Gin and Celery Tonic is as about refreshing as cocktail can be. The green color is so appealing and it makes you feel like consuming a cocktail is almost healthy.

Ingredients

• One large celery stalk, thinly sliced
• 1 ounce lemon juice
• 1 1/2 tsp sugar
• 2 ounces gin

Instructions

1. Place the celery, lemon juice, and sugar into the bottom of a cocktail shaker.
2. Muddle the ingredients until liquefied.
3. Fill the shaker with ice cubes and add the gin.
4. Shake for about 60 seconds.
5. Strain the ingredients over an ice filled cocktail glass.

Nutrition Facts

Calories

168.25

Fat (grams)

0.13

Sat. Fat (grams)

0.04

Carbs (grams)

9.91

Fiber (grams)

1.23

Net carbs

8.68

Sugar (grams)

7.62

Protein (grams)

0.58

Sodium (milligrams)

59.14

Cholesterol (grams)

0.00

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