Name: Je suis l'Amour
Prep time: 4 min
Total time: 4 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Cognac (brandy); 15 ml Vermouth - Dry full-bodied (e.g. Ambrato); 10 ml Ginger liqueur; 15 ml Pink grapefruit juice (freshly squeezed); 2.5 ml Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water, 65.0°Brix); 4 Chocolate bitters

Serve in

Coupe glass

Garnish:

Orange zest twist

How to make:

SHAKE all ingredients with ice and fine strain into chilled glass.

1 1/2 fl oz	Cognac (brandy)
1/2 fl oz	Dry full-bodied vermouth (e.g. Ambrato)
1/3 fl oz	Ginger liqueur
1/2 fl oz	Pink grapefruit juice (freshly squeezed)
1/12 fl oz	Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water, 65.0°Brix)
4 drop	Bob's Chocolate bitters
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Review:

Cognac and cask-aged dry vermouth form the base of this refined cocktail with complex ginger, pink grapefruit, and chocolate notes.

History:

Adapted from a drink created by Walter Gosso at The Mad Dog Speakeasy, Turin, Italy.

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Nutrition:

169 calories

Alcohol content:

1.3 standard drinks
21.11% alc./vol. (42.22° proof)
18.5 grams of pure alcohol

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