Name: The Fig Easy
Total time: 2 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 1 whole Figs; 50 ml Cognac (brandy); 15 ml Honey

The Fig Easy
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Serve in an Old-fashioned glass

Ingredients:
1 whole	Figs
1 ²⁄₃ oz	Rémy Martin V.S.O.P. cognac
¹⁄₂ oz	Honey

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Garnish: Thin fig slice

How to make:

Scoop out the soft inner flesh of fig into shaker. Add other ingredients, SHAKE with ice and fine strain into ice-filled glass

Review:

Rich fig and honey fortified with cognac.

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History:

Created in 2015 by Alex Francis at Revolucion De Cuba, Sheffield, England. Alex named his drink “as a nod to brandy's strong history with New Orleans, and the many classic American cocktails that it spawned.”

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Nils Marklund

21st September 2024 at 10:25

I used 2 whole figs (had to, because they were imported and therefore a bit less aromatic) local harvested honey and 5 ml of homemade grenadine. The result was a very sweet drink, thick with figpulp (even if i doublestrained it) and with a
subtle taste of cognac. Sounds weird, but tasted great!