Name: Brazuca Remedy
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 3 fresh Basil leaves; 45 ml Cachaça (unaged); 20 ml Limoncello liqueur; 20 ml Orange-red aperitivo; 10 ml Lemon juice; 5 ml Honey and water syrup; 15 ml Egg white (pasteurised)

Ingredients

3 fresh

Basil leaves

1 1/2 fl oz

Cachaça (unaged)

2/3 fl oz

Pallini Limoncello liqueur

2/3 fl oz

Bittersweet orange-red aperitivo

1/3 fl oz

Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)

1/6 fl oz

Honey syrup (3 parts honey to 1 water by weight)

1/2 fl oz

Egg white (pasteurised) or Fee Brothers Fee Foam cocktail foamer

How to make

Glassware

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a SOUR OR MARTINI/COUPETTE GLASS.

Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist and basil leaf.

Method

MUDDLE basil in base of shaker.

Add other ingredients, SHAKE with ice and strain back into shaker.

DRY SHAKE (without ice) to emulsify.

FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

EXPRESS lemon zest twist over the cocktail and discard.

Garnish with a basil leaf boat floated on surface.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Alcohol content:

1.4 standard drinks
16.24% alc./vol. (32.49° proof)
20 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Egg white (pasteurised) — Eggs

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Comments & Discussion

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Andre Derailleur 1 year ago

I am on board with simon s here. Raising the proportion of limoncello made this for me. Basil doesn’t seem to ad much and perhaps could be dropped.

Søren Bøgh Brier 1 year ago

I have wildly differing experiences with basil cocktails. With no other variation, it seems that the quality and perhaps size of the leaves makes a world of difference. It might be worth it to give it another try.

Simon Sedgley 1 year ago

We think the heart of this cocktail is the dance between the Cachaca and the Limoncello. The syrup intrudes on that so we omit it. Also, it doesn't hurt to up the Limoncello a bit at the expense of the aperitivo.

Andre Derailleur 1 year ago

On husks cane spirit with this as well

Simon Sedgley 1 year ago

We tried it with Husk Cane Spirit and, yes, it works very nicely. In our experience, Husk (the Mike Tyson of Agricole Rums) does best when it is in the boxing ring up against serious liqueurs. So, for example, our favourite use of it is in a Daquiricus (up against Italicus) and we also use it in a Cesaire's Last Word (up against Green Chartreuse and Maraschino Liqueur).

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Jeff Newcastle 1 year ago

Couple of negative(ish) comments here, but I made this as directed and very much enjoyed it. Got a lovely foam with the egg white. Just the right sweet/sour balance for my palate. I’m putting it in my little black book!

Asher Günther 3 years ago

Not a terrible drink by any stretch, but not really for me. I think my poor quality limoncello may have been at fault, but it, the cachaça, and the Aperol just did not go together. The basil was mostly lost under the cacophony of flavours.

I'm also quite certain that the pictured drink didn't include an egg white, which might be a good call.

Ignacy Szczupal 3 years ago

After trying both version, a red bitter liqueur works better than an aperitivo in this recipe

John Hinojos 3 years ago

I prefer a Haitian Clairin over Cachaca, so we used Clairin Sajous at 113 proof. It is also made from Sugar Cane juice. Did increase the alcohol hit of the drink, but in a favourable way. Would definitely have this again. Did not have as strong as a lemon flavour as I would have expected. Excellent aperitif.