Garnish:
Half cherry tomato & small basil sprig on rim
How to make:
MUDDLE tomato in base of shaker and then muddle basil leaves. Add other ingredients, SHAKE with ice and fine strain into chilled glass.
| 1 fresh | Cherry tomato (fresh) (chopped) |
| 4 fresh | Basil leaves |
| 1 2/3 fl oz | Light white rum (charcoal-filtered 1-4 years old) |
| 5/6 fl oz | Lemon juice (freshly squeezed) |
| 5/6 fl oz | Elderflower liqueur |
| 1/6 fl oz | Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water, 65.0°Brix) |
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Review:
This rum-laced cocktail has attractive savoury flavours with a tangy sourness and floral elderflower.
History:
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."
Alcohol content:
- 1.4 standard drinks
- 19.2% alc./vol. (38.4° proof)
- 20.2 grams of pure alcohol
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