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Banana Flambé

Name: Banana Flambé
Total time: 2 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 1&frasl;2 fresh Banana; 30 ml Orange juice; 1 barspoon Superfine/caster sugar; 2 pinch Cinnamon powder; 15 ml Cognac (brandy); 45 ml Vodka; 15 ml Cachaça (unaged); 15 ml Lemon juice; 7.5 ml Sugar syrup 'rich' (2:1)

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Ingredients
¹⁄₂ fresh	Banana (preferably overripe)
1 fl oz	Orange juice (freshly squeezed)
1 barspoon	Superfine/Caster/Baker's special sugar (white)
2 pinch	Cinnamon powder (ground)
¹⁄₂ fl oz	Cognac (brandy)
1 ¹⁄₂ fl oz	Ketel One Vodka
¹⁄₂ fl oz	Cachaça (unaged)
¹⁄₂ fl oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₄ fl oz	Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water) 65.0°Brix

Garnish: Cinnamon stick

How to make

Glassware

Serve in an Old-fashioned glass

Method:

In a shallow small pan, heat the banana with orange juice, sugar and cinnamon until the banana softens and the orange juice reduces. Add cognac and flambé further. MUDDLE banana in the base of shaker, add other ingredients, SHAKE with ice and fine strain into chilled 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:

23.7 grams of pure alcohol

History

Created in 2008 by Mauricio 'Tony' Harion from Mixing Bar Consulting, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.

Review

As Tony says "it's worth it".

Variations/similar cocktails

Substitute the vodka for cachaça for a Banana Flambé Caipirinha.

Ketel One Vodka 750ml - makes 16.5 cocktails
$19.99 $1.21 per cocktail Ketel One Vodka image

Leblon Cachaca 750ml - makes 50 cocktails
$28.99 $0.58 per cocktail Leblon Cachaca image

Monin Pure Cane Syrup (US) 750ml - makes 100 cocktails
$14.99 $0.15 per cocktail Monin Pure Cane Syrup (US) image

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Comments & Discussion

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Florian Ruf Premium Member 3y

Delicious, although I had to tweak the recipe ?. I used ⅓ rye and ⅔ 8yo. Barbados rum to flambé. I served it in a big coupe glass smoked before with burnt cinnamon, decorated with one ice and the burnt cinnamon stick. The slight burnt odor blends very well with the cachaca.

Florian Ruf Premium Member 3y

@simondifford: I think you mean to cook the banana , reduce the juice and then flambé with the alcohol?

Simon Difford Verified User Premium Member 1y

Yes. Hopefully, clearer now.

Simon Difford Verified User Premium Member 3y

Long time since I made it but I flambéd with a blowtorch - cooked enough!

Michael Z 1y

Great idea with the burnt cinnamon!