Name: Fleur de Paradis
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Gin; 15 ml Elderflower liqueur; 10 ml Pink grapefruit juice (freshly squeezed); 10 ml Lemon juice (freshly squeezed); 5 ml Sugar syrup 'rich' 2 sugar to 1 water; 1 Orange bitters; 20 ml Champagne Brut

Serve in a

Coupe glass

Garnish:

Edible flower (preferably elderflower when in season)

How to make:

SHAKE first 6 ingredients with ice and fine strain into chilled glass. TOP with sparkling wine.

1 1/2 fl oz	Rutte Dry Gin
1/2 fl oz	Fiorente Elderflower liqueur
1/3 fl oz	Pink grapefruit juice (freshly squeezed)
1/3 fl oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
1/6 fl oz	Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water, 65.0°brix)
1 dash	Orange Bitters by Angostura
2/3 fl oz	Brut champagne or sparkling wine
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£ 33.95 £ 2.19 per cocktail, makes 15.5 Fiorente Elderflower liqueur, 70cl

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Review:

Sparkling wine charged elderflower gin with a freshening touch of grapefruit and lemon juice acidity.

History:

Adapted from a recipe created by Kenta Goto in New York City, USA. Apparently, inspired by the bird of paradise plant (Strelitzia).

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Nutrition:

One serving of Fleur de Paradis contains 160 calories.

Alcohol content:

1.4 standard drinks
19.02% alc./vol. (38.04° proof)
20 grams of pure alcohol

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