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The Sun King

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 'rich' (2:1); 2 drop Orange flower water

Difford’s Guide

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Measurements in:

Serves:

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Ingredients
1 ¹⁄₂ fl oz	Cognac (brandy)
³⁄₄ fl oz	Giffard White Crème de Cacao Liqueur
¹⁄₂ fl oz	Cockburn's Tawny Eyes Tawny Port
¹⁄₃ fl oz	Fig liqueur (crème de figue)
¹⁄₃ fl oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₆ fl oz	Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water) 65.0°Brix
2 drop	Fee Brothers Orange Flower Water

How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Coupe glass

Method

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

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of The Sun King contains 224 calories

Alcohol content:

1.6 standard drinks
19.2% alc./vol. (38.39° proof)
22.2 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Tawny port — Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

History

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

More cocktails by Jay Decker

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!"

Giffard White Crème de Cacao Liqueur 750ml - makes 33 cocktails
$31.99 $0.97 per cocktail

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Cockburn's Tawny Eyes Port 750ml - makes 50 cocktails
$31.99 $0.64 per cocktail Cockburn's Tawny Eyes Port image

Monin Pure Cane Syrup (US) 750ml - makes 150.5 cocktails
$14.99 $0.10 per cocktail Monin Pure Cane Syrup (US) image

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Makes a minimum of 33 cocktails.
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Comments & Discussion

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Anne Cunningham 4y

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.