Name: Padovani
Total time: 2 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml Scotch whisky; 22.5 ml Elderflower liqueur

Serve in an

Old-fashioned glass

Ingredients:
2 fl oz	Blended Scotch whisky
3/4 fl oz	Elderflower liqueur
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How to make:

Select and pre-chill an Old-fashioned glass.
Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist.
STIR all ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into ice-filled glass.
EXPRESS lemon zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

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Review:

Peaty Scotch combines wonderfully with floral, delicate elderflower liqueur.

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Variant:

Elder Fashioned

History:

Created in 2006 by yours truly and named after a fellow whisky fan, Xavier Padovani. At the time I was working on the launch of St-Germain and Xav was brand ambassador for Monkey Shoulder whisky.

The original recipe was equal parts, after all I was trying to sell St-Germain at the time. The reduction of liqueur to allow the Scotch to shine through is the work of the folk at Le Lion in Hamburg, Germany where they also use single malt and so have appropriately renamed this a 'Single Padovani'.

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Nutrition:

One serving of Padovani contains 189 calories.

Alcohol content:

1.6 standard drinks
27.2% alc./vol. (54.4° proof)
22.4 grams of pure alcohol

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