Name: Banana Between the Sheets
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 30 ml Cognac (brandy); 30 ml Aged rum (6-10yr); 22.5 ml Banana liqueur; 10 ml Lemon juice; 2.5 ml Brown sugar syrup; 1 dash Aromatic bitters; 2 drop Saline solution 4:1

Banana Between the Sheets
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Glass:

Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
1 fl oz	Cognac (brandy)
1 fl oz	Caribbean blended rum aged 6-10 years
³⁄₄ fl oz	Giffard Banane du Brésil liqueur
¹⁄₃ fl oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₁₂ fl oz	Demerara/Muscovado/brown sugar syrup (2 sugar to 1 water)
1 dash	Angostura Aromatic Bitters
2 drop	Saline solution (20g sea salt to 80g water) or merest pinch of s

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Prepare:

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
Prepare garnish of grated nutmeg.

How to make:

SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish:

Dust with freshly grated nutmeg.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

A rum and cognac-laced banana sour with far more sophistication than the name might suggest.

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History:

Adapted from a recipe created in 2019 by Chip Tyndale at Dutch Kills in New York City, USA.

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Nutrition:

One serving of Banana Between the Sheets contains 236 calories

Alcohol content:

1.7 standard drinks
22.95% alc./vol. (45.9° proof)
23.5 grams of pure alcohol

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