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Preserve Nippon

Name: Preserve Nippon
Total time: 2 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 1 fresh Shiso/Perilla leaf; 45 ml Cognac (brandy); 25 ml Lime juice; 20 ml Vanilla sugar syrup; 1 dash Aromatic bitters

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Ingredients
1 fresh	Shiso/Perilla leaf
1 ¹⁄₂ fl oz	Cognac (brandy)
⁵⁄₆ fl oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
²⁄₃ fl oz	Monin Vanilla Syrup
1 dash	Angostura Aromatic Bitters

Garnish: Shisho leaf

How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Coupe glass

Method:

Gently MUDDLE shisho leaf in base of shaker (just to bruise), add other ingredients, SHAKE with ice and fine strain into chilled glass.

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:

14.3 grams of pure alcohol

History

Created in 2015 by John Stavroulakis at Zaxari kai Alati Bistrot, Athens, Greece

More cocktails by John Stavroulakis

Review

A vanilla lime cognac sour with Shisho leaf aromatics.

Monin Vanilla Syrup (US) 750ml - makes 37 cocktails
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Angostura Aromatic Bitters 120ml - makes 384 cocktails
$13.99 $0.04 per cocktail Angostura Aromatic Bitters image

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Comments & Discussion

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Robert Timmins 3y

Tried it both ways - green and red shiso. In either case, the shiso is subtle. As expected, the red has a bit more "tang" and the green more herbal. Both very good. I had to make my own vanilla syrup using 2:1 sugar syrup and Madagascar vanilla extract. My syrup is too sweet, but if the sweetness is restrained this is a very nice brandy sour.

Robert Timmins 3y

The photo causes me to ask if the shiso leaf used in the shaker should be the green or red variety.

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