I was keen to try star anise in a cocktail recipe and decided to crush and grind one in a shaker to release maximum flavour and see how it would turn out.
I wanted to make mandarin the star of the show, using a citrus forward gin to compliment the liqueur. The addition of the vermouth and Sherry enabled me
You can choose to lick or not the powder on the side
Fresh, refreshing and tropical
The idea was to use a mono ingrédient inside. I decided to use the grappe because it's the base of the mandarine Napoléon liquor. For the citrus,
rich, fruity
The origin of this cocktail comes from my family Christmas dinners, when my grandmother (Marie Lucie) hid the imperial mandarin under the table to prevent
My bar is situated on Napoleon's place in our city. We had to find a Cocktail. I searched recipes on internet, but I was not fully ok, so I found
This drink is also good served up in a coupe.
It' like a fizz but I replace gin with rhum.
Notes of orange, honey, and vanilla with hints of saffron, mint, clove, aniseed, chocolate and pine.
Created for the Mandarine Napoléon Cocktail Challenge. During Napoleon's exile on Saint Helena, he developed a fondness for mandarins and would eat
It is well known that Napoleon would eat in less than twenty minutes, but he was well known for enjoying drinking. To elaborate this cocktail, I tried
Used Tarquins gin, so suggest a cirtrus forward gin as the base.
I chose to work with Pisco because it reminds me of French flagship products like cognac. It's also a spirit I like to work with in cocktails because
A fresh, bright, grassy, citrusy easy drinker.
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