Name: Apricot Mango Cocktail
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Gin; 22.5 ml Apricot liqueur; 22.5 ml Mango purée; 15 ml Lemon juice; 15 ml Sugar syrup (2:1); 2 dash Orange bitters

Apricot Mango Cocktail
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Serve in a Martini glass

Ingredients:
1 ¹⁄₂ oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin
³⁄₄ oz	Luxardo Apricot Albicocca Liqueur
³⁄₄ oz	Mango purée
¹⁄₂ oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₂ oz	Monin Pure Cane Syrup (65.0°brix, equivalent to 2:1 rich syrup)
2 dash	Orange Bitters by Angostura

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Martini glass.
Prepare garnish of mango slice.
SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
Garnish with mango slice.

Review:

Just as it says on the tin. Rich tropical and orchard fruit, but not overly sweet with balancing lemon citrus acidity, orange bitters and underlying gin botanical complexity.

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History:

Originally named Apricot Mango Martini this drink was created by yours truly during the fresh fruit Martini craze that swept through London's bars in the mid-1990s. Name and recipe updated by yours truly in September 2014.

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Nutrition:

One serving of Apricot Mango Cocktail contains 215 calories

Alcohol content:

1.3 standard drinks
15.52% alc./vol. (15.52° proof)
18.7 grams of pure alcohol

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I D

9th March at 19:29

A simple tip for fruit purées: buy the small pure fruit pouches intended for babies from your local supermarket. Currently around 50p for 70g - so enough for three of the above recipe.

Simon Difford

10th March at 07:17

Thanks. Great tip.

Ruth Harvey

24th January at 19:29

Followed the recipe to the letter... perfect!
Thank you.

Jonathan Howland

21st January 2024 at 16:42

Delicious! Good balance of mango and apricot and goes down nicely. Good job

Chris Dimal

9th May 2023 at 08:44

I will say I didn't have orange bitters, instead using the grand shake method with mandarin peel. However, the drink just tasted of apricot and nothing more. A bit disappointing.

G. M. Genovese

30th May 2024 at 13:54

I made the recipe as written and it was way too sweet. The apricot was dominant for sure. Removed the sugar syrup completely and more flavor nuances opened up. But yeah the balance between the apricot and mango would take more experimentation than I could handle today.

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