Pineapple & Cardamom 'Martini'

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Serve in a Martini glass

Ingredients:
3 whole Green cardamom pods
2 oz Ketel One Vodka
1 1⁄2 oz Pineapple juice
1⁄4 oz Monin Pure Cane Syrup (65.0°brix, equivalent to 2:1 rich syrup)
× 1 1 serving
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Garnish: Pineapple wedge

How to make:

MUDDLE cardamom in base of shaker. Add other ingredients, SHAKE with ice and fine strain into a chilled glass.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Strength 7/10
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Sweet to sour 6/10
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Review:

Pineapple and cardamon are a spectacular pairing of fruit and spice in this vodka laced 'Martini'.

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History:

Created in 2002 by Henry Besant at The Lonsdale, London, England.

Our Martini cocktail page details its evolution and other common variants.

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Sean Baron’s Avatar Sean Baron
16th January 2023 at 22:23
Changed the vodka to gin, as I had some Mor Gin, Pineapple edition. Works really well as it amps up the pineapple flavour, and the cardamon balances well with the gin botanicals.
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Chris Dimal’s Avatar Chris Dimal
25th November 2022 at 16:50
Was underwhelmed by this one. Just felt like a whisper of pineapple and no real cardamom. I wonder if there was any mistake I didn't catch.
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