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Banana Split

Name: Banana Split
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Cognac (brandy); 22.5 ml Banana liqueur; 2 drop Vanilla bitters; 2 drop Chocolate bitters; 22.5 ml Banana tea; 5 ml Whipping cream

Difford’s Guide

Discerning Drinkers (5)

Measurements in:

Serves:

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Ingredients
1 ¹⁄₂ fl oz	Cognac (brandy)
³⁄₄ fl oz	Giffard Banane du Brésil liqueur
2 drop	Vanilla bitters
2 drop	Chocolate bitters
³⁄₄ fl oz	Banana tea
¹⁄₆ fl oz	Whipping cream

Garnish: Lightly dust surface of drink with chocolate powder & banana chunk on rim

How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Coupe glass

Method:

STIR first 5 ingredients with ice and strain into chilled glass. Shake a sealed container of cream and carefully POUR over the back of a spoon to form a small white spot floating in the centre of the drink.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Banana Split contains 183 calories

Alcohol content:

1.3 standard drinks
18.28% alc./vol. (36.55° proof)
18.6 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Whipping cream — Dairy

History

Created in April 2016 by yours truly at the Cabinet Room in London, England.

More cocktails by Simon Difford

Review

A banana-flavoured after-dinner sipper of cocktail with coconut water subtly flavouring and smoothing cognac.

Giffard Banane du Brésil 750ml - makes 33 cocktails
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Comments & Discussion

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Fredrik Backman 6y

Maybe I'm just out of the loop and this is actually a super common thing, but I feel like casually listing "banana tea" among the ingredients requires some explanation.

Simon Difford Verified User Premium Member 6y

You make a good point so I have written a page on banana tea and also added a link to this page in the recipe above. Many thanks.