Name: The Sun King
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Cognac (brandy); 22.5 ml White crème de cacao; 15 ml Tawny port; 10 ml Fig liqueur; 10 ml Lime juice; 5 ml Sugar syrup (2:1); 2 drop Orange flower water

The Sun King
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Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
1 ¹⁄₂ oz	Rémy Martin V.S.O.P. cognac
³⁄₄ oz	White crème de cacao liqueur
¹⁄₂ oz	Cockburn's Tawny Eyes Port
¹⁄₃ oz	Fig liqueur (crème de figue)
¹⁄₃ oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₆ oz	Monin Pure Cane Syrup (65.0°brix, equivalent to 2:1 rich syrup)
2 drop	Orange blossom water / Orange flower water

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
Prepare garnish of white chocolate & fig.
SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into chilled glass.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Tawny port - Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

Jay explained the origins of this drink as follows, "Whilst on holiday in the south of France this summer I discovered a fig tree growing on the riverside near our Chateau. During dinner, my family challenged me to make a drink with the figs. I raided the cupboards and found Martell VSOP, chocolate liqueur, tawny port and drinking chocolate. The rest is History! I hope you enjoy it!"

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History:

Adapted from a recipe created in 2015 by Jay Decker at The Ivy in Chelsea Garden, London, England.

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Nutrition:

One serving of The Sun King contains 224 calories

Alcohol content:

1.5 standard drinks
19.2% alc./vol. (19.2° proof)
20.6 grams of pure alcohol

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Anonymous

5th November 2021 at 16:34

Oh my word - this is decadent and absolutely delicious. The port, chocolate and figs combine to give a rich flavour of sour morello cherries, even though there aren’t any. It’s something you feel you ought to be sipping in a very grand old, wood-panelled library. Quite splendid.

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