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Pablo Alvarez de Cañas Special

Name: Pablo Alvarez de Cañas Special
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 1 swath Lemon peel; 30 ml Cognac (brandy); 30 ml Fino sherry; 5 ml Cherry brandy; 5 ml Sugar syrup 'rich' (2:1)

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Ingredients
1 swath	Lemon peel
1 fl oz	Cognac (brandy)
1 fl oz	Lustau Jarana Fino Sherry
¹⁄₆ fl oz	Cherry (brandy) liqueur
¹⁄₆ fl oz	Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water) 65.0°Brix

How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Coupe glass

Prepare

Select a COUPE GLASS.
Prepare garnish of skewered pineapple cubes, Luxardo Maraschino Cherry and orange slice..

Method

REGAL SHAKE all ingredients (including lemon zest).
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

Garnish with skewered fruit.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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:

14 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Fino sherry — Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

History

Recipe adapted from 1937 Bar Florida (later renamed Floridita) menu, Havana, Cuba.

PABLO ALVAREZ DE CAÑAS (Special)
1 ounce Sherry "Tio Peper".
1 ounce "Tres Copas" cognac.
1 small spoon Creme Cacao.
1 small spoon Cherry Brand.
½ small spoon sugar.
Cap peel of one lemon ["Corteza de ¼ de limón" = Peel of ¼ lemon].
Shake with plenty of ice and serve it without straining, adorn with slices of pineapple and orange and 2 cherries.
Bar La Florida Cocktails, 1937

Review

Sherry is most prevalent on the palate, but all the other ingredients, including the lemon zest, also contribute to this subtle, balanced and altogether a most unusual cocktail.

Lustau Jarana Fino Sherry 750ml - makes 25 cocktails
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Cherry Heering Liqueur 750ml - makes 150.5 cocktails
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Monin Pure Cane Syrup (US) 750ml - makes 150.5 cocktails
$14.99 $0.10 per cocktail Monin Pure Cane Syrup (US) image

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Makes a minimum of 25 cocktails.
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Comments & Discussion

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Christine Wingfield 4y

Sherry forward, but heat from the cognac, we’ll balanced with the cherry and sugar syrup, plus a background note from the lemon peel. Sunshine in a coupe!

Marco Bauda 5y

Ice filled glass,but coupe glass?

Simon Difford Verified User Premium Member 5y

Thanks for bringing this to my attention. Now corrected to say "fine strain into chilled glass.

G. M. Genovese Premium Member 5y

I used Courvoisier VS, Osborne Fino Sherry, and other prescribed ingredients. Not impressed. I think it's the Sherry? Which brands do you recommend?

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