Le Roi Soleil (The Sun King)

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Serve in a

Coupe glass

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.)

3 fresh Blackberries
1 1/2 fl oz Cognac (brandy)
1/3 fl oz Black raspberry liqueur (e.g. Chambord)
1/6 fl oz Triple sec liqueur (40% alc./vol.)
1/6 fl oz Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water, 65.0°Brix)
1 dash Peychaud's or other Creole-style bitters
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Review:

Cognac with red and blackberry fruit and delicate zesty orange.

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.

Alcohol content:

  • 1.3 standard drinks
  • 28.25% alc./vol. (56.5° proof)
  • 18.5 grams of pure alcohol
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