Name: Le Roi Soleil (The Sun King)
Total time: 2 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 3 fresh Blackberries; 45 ml Cognac (brandy); 10 ml Blk raspberry liqueur; 5 ml Triple sec; 5 ml Sugar syrup (2:1); 1 dash Creole bitters

Glass:

Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
3 fresh	Blackberries
1 ¹⁄₂ oz	Cognac (brandy)
¹⁄₃ oz	Black raspberry liqueur (e.g. Chambord)
¹⁄₆ oz	Cointreau triple sec liqueur
¹⁄₆ oz	Monin Pure Cane Syrup (65.0°brix, equivalent to 2:1 rich syrup)
1 dash	Peychaud's or other Creole-style bitters

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Garnish: Blackberry & raspberry dusted with icing sugar plus dark chocolate.

How to make:

MUDDLE blackberries in stirring glass. Add other ingredients, STIR with ice and fine strain into chilled glass. (Be sure to use very fine strainer and beware this recipe only fills a 3oz glass so consider multiplying ingredients.)

Review:

Cognac with red and blackberry fruit and delicate zesty orange.

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History:

Adapted from a recipe created in 2015 by Daniele Vignali at The Sky Bar, Resorts World, Birmingham, England. Daniele’s original recipe called for Martell Cordon Bleu cognac.

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G. M. Genovese

26th December at 06:56

Surprisingly delightful showcase for blackberry cordial. The muddling of the blackberries and fine straining is a baffling mystery to me - what's the point?! Skeptical of the outcome, I used Korbel brandy. Tried it again with Pierre Ferrand 1840 and it was too Cognac-forward, believe it or not, disrupting the clarity and harmony of flavors. You may beg to differ.

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