Name: Orchard Crush
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 1 barspoon Damson jam (preserve); 60 ml Calvados apple brandy; 30 ml Lemon juice; 7.5 ml Sugar syrup 'rich' (2:1)

Ingredients

1 barspoon

Damson jam (preserve)

2 fl oz

Calvados / apple brandy / straight applejack

1 fl oz

Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)

¹⁄₄ fl oz

Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water) 65.0°Brix

How to make

Glassware

Prepare

Select and pre-chill an OLD-FASHIONED GLASS.

Prepare seasonal berries for garnish.

Method

SHAKE all ingredients with ice.

STRAIN into ice-filled glass.

Garnish

Garnish with seasonal berries.

Health & Nutrition

Alcohol content:

We don't have enough information to calculate the alc./vol., but based on known ingredients, this recipe contains at least:

18.9 grams of pure alcohol

Comments & Discussion

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JeffAlex Premium Member 12w

Tried it again with Damson plum jam from the same farm, but pulled back the lemon juice to 20ml and increased the sugar syrup. My lemons were VERY tart, so with the Damson plum, it was still a bit much, as Avery notes below.. On a whim I added a bar spoon of grenadine and it actually blended nicely with the lemon, plum, and apple flavors. You probably have to enjoy grenadine to do this.

JeffAlex Premium Member 1y

I used Damson plum jam bought from a local orchard. I agree that it was a bit more bitter than I like, but think it was more about balancing the lemon juice and simple syrup. The jam with apple brandy is fantastic.

JeffAlex Premium Member 27w

Also, the Damson plum jam may not dissolve evenly, so I recommend stirring it in with the apple brandy or calvados and then shaking, and then using a fine strainer to catch the undiluted jam (unless you like your cocktail with globules of jam).

Avery Garnett 2y

I did actually have a homemade damson jam and this was delicious but it /definitely/ had too much lemon. Maybe the original recipe uses a very sweet damson jam?