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Velvet Sun

Velvet Sun by Luca Grifi
  • Bartender: Luca Grifi
  • Bar: Taxi cocktail bar, Porto Sant'Elpidio, Italy

Serve in a

Collins glass

Garnish:

Basil leaf and Taggiasca olive on a cocktail pick.

How to make:

Short, energetic shake followed by a gentle soda top.
Shake Pallini Limoncello, fresh lemon juice, saline solution, basil leaves and extra virgin olive oil with large ice cubes for 6–8 seconds to create a delicate micro-emulsion. Fine strain into a chilled highball glass filled with fresh ice and slowly top with cold, fine aegean tonic to preserve texture and aromatic layering. Avoid excessive stirring.

1 2/3 fl oz Pallini Limoncello liqueur
2/3 fl oz Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
4 drop Saline solution (20g sea salt to 80g water) or merest pinch of s
2 drop Olive Oil Evo
2 leaf Basil leaves
2 1/3 fl oz Aegean Tonic Water
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