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The Fig Easy

Name: The Fig Easy
Total time: 2 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 1 whole Figs; 50 ml Cognac (brandy); 15 ml Honey

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Ingredients
1 whole	Figs
1 ²⁄₃ fl oz	Cognac (brandy)
¹⁄₂ fl oz	Honey

Garnish: Thin fig slice

How to make

Glassware

Serve in an Old-fashioned glass

Method:

Scoop out the soft inner flesh of fig into shaker. Add other ingredients, SHAKE with ice and fine strain into ice-filled glass

Health & Nutrition

Alcohol content:

We don't have enough information to calculate the alc./vol., but based on known ingredients, this recipe contains at least:

15.8 grams of pure alcohol

History

Created in 2015 by Alex Francis at Revolucion De Cuba, Sheffield, England. Alex named his drink “as a nod to brandy's strong history with New Orleans, and the many classic American cocktails that it spawned.”

Review

Rich fig and honey fortified with cognac.

Comments & Discussion

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Nils Marklund 1y

I used 2 whole figs (had to, because they were imported and therefore a bit less aromatic) local harvested honey and 5 ml of homemade grenadine. The result was a very sweet drink, thick with figpulp (even if i doublestrained it) and with a
subtle taste of cognac. Sounds weird, but tasted great!