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Serve in a Coupe glass
1 fresh | Cherry tomato (fresh) chopped |
4 fresh | Basil leaves |
1 2⁄3 oz | Light white rum (charcoal-filtered 1-4 years old) |
5⁄6 oz | Lemon juice (freshly squeezed) |
5⁄6 oz | Elderflower liqueur |
1⁄6 oz | Monin Pure Cane Syrup (65.0°brix, equivalent to 2:1 rich syrup) |
Garnish: Half cherry tomato & small basil sprig on rim
MUDDLE tomato in base of shaker and then muddle basil leaves. Add other ingredients, SHAKE with ice and fine strain into chilled glass.
This rum-laced cocktail has attractive savoury flavours with a tangy sourness and floral elderflower.
Created by Robb Collins, Group Head Bartender at London Cocktail Club, London, England, who told us he made it for the 2015 Bacardi Legacy UK Finals. "Inspired by a fictional love story of an American soldier who falls in love with a French Cuban girl called 'Mariposa' during WWII."
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Scaled to measure better with my jigger
2 fresh Cherry tomato (fresh)
chopped
5 fresh Basil leaves
60 ml Light white rum (charcoal-filtered 1-4 years old)
30 ml Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
30 ml Elderflower liqueur
7.5 ml Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water, 65.0°Brix)