Name: Apple Fool
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 5 fresh Basil leaves; 45 ml Reposado tequila; 15 ml Chartreuse Green; 30 ml Red grapefruit juice; 22.5 ml Lime juice; 15 ml Sugar syrup (2:1)

Apple Fool
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Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
5 fresh	Basil leaves
1 ¹⁄₂ oz	Patrón Reposado tequila
¹⁄₂ oz	Green Chartreuse (or alternative herbal liqueur)
1 oz	Grapefruit juice (ruby red)
³⁄₄ oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₂ oz	Monin Pure Cane Syrup (65.0°brix, equivalent to 2:1 rich syrup)

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
Prepare garnish of float dehydrated apple slice.
SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

There's no gold in 'Fool's Gold', a mineral called Iron Pyrite (FeS2) that looks like gold. Similarly, there's no apple in this Apple Fool although its crisp enlivening freshness is reminiscent of a good apple.

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History:

Adapted from a drink created by Aisha Sharpe in New York City, USA.

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John Hinojos

18th June 2023 at 01:34

Very delightful. The basil and Chartreuse work wonderfully together. Worked nicely with a spicy supper.

Florian Ruf

23rd April 2022 at 13:04

Wonderful! As variation I could imagine yellow Chartreuse to soften it or Tequila blanco which could make it even crispier.

Lana Dragicevich

7th April 2022 at 22:23

I’ll caveat this with I’ve never drunk Green Chartreuse so I don’t know how the drink should have tasted. Used Jagermeister. The colour was a little more oxidised apple than your picture, but we were very happy with the taste. Fresh and fruity, but not in a sweet way. I’d drink one again.

Lana Dragicevich

30th March 2022 at 12:14

I don't have any Green Chartreuse. I've looked up substitutes and of the suggestions I have Sambuca, Absinthe and Jagermeister. Which would be best in this?

Simon Difford

30th March 2022 at 13:51

Sorry to say but I don't think any of your three alternatives will work. That said, give each a go - starting with the Jagermeister - and see what you end up with.

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