Name: Accoutrement
Total time: 2 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml Calvados apple brandy; 22.5 ml Strega liqueur; 15 ml Créole Shrubb liqueur; 22.5 ml Lemon juice; 2 dash Creole bitters

Accoutrement
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Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
2 oz	Calvados / apple brandy / straight applejack
³⁄₄ oz	Liquore Strega
¹⁄₂ oz	Rhum Clément Créole Shrubb liqueur
³⁄₄ oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
2 dash	Peychaud's or other Creole-style bitters

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
Prepare garnish of torrone Stregga Ricoperto di Cioccolato across rim (or brandied cherries).
SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

Chris originally garnished this Calvados Sidecar/Applecart-like cocktail with brandied cherries but Strega's excellent chocolates seem a far more fitting accoutrement.

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History:

Adapted from a recipe created in 2008 by Chris Hannah at Arnaud's French 75 Bar, New Orleans, USA.

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Nutrition:

One serving of Accoutrement contains 240 calories

Alcohol content:

2.1 standard drinks
23.91% alc./vol. (23.91° proof)
28.8 grams of pure alcohol

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