Muddle grapes and mint in a shaker tin. Add Napoleon, Campari, and smoky mezcal. Shake. Double strain to an ice filled glass. Flame an orange peel.
You might want to slightly adjust the quantity of lime juice and/or mandarin juice if the mandarin juice is too sweet or too sour.
A spirit made for an emperor, Mandarine Napoléon was created for Napoléon Bonaparte by Antoine-Francois de Fourcroy, the emperor's personal physician.
Prefer to use 2 Habanero Chili slices instead of chili flakes
Ideally use both " jams" with low sugar content. Waitrose do a fantastic preserve range I'd highly recommend! The name is from a Napoleon
A very luxurious taste from the classic mandarin-chocolate combination. THe ancho verde gives it a green spicyness to balance the sweetness of the mandarin
An improved Mandarin Sour. Embellished with the mandarin liqueur's base of French Cognac and the Italian Campari. These two countries come together
Was Napoleon's last word Joséphine? Very possibly. This riff on a classic swaps in Mandarine Napoleon for Maraschino, and Yellow Chartreuse instead
The blend of chocolate and mandarins is so delightful, adding the citrusy and tangy flavors of yuzu really balances the sweet honey and spice finish of
I used tinned mandarin juice from a tin of mandarin segments.
A drink created to get me through preparing the company accounts...
Shake all ingredients over ice and strain onto fresh ice.
Refreshing, citrus, spicy, sweet, smoky. The flavor reminiscents of autumn spices, vegetables and fruits, but provides freshness at the same time.
After researching the History of Napolean I enjoyed some of the more niche stories about the French General. Particularly the nickname (The Little Corporal)
More appreciated in front of a sunset on a terrace in the French Champagne
POUR ingredients into chilled glass and STIR for 20-30 seconds.
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