Name: Bananarama
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 3 slice Banana; 30 ml Cachaça; 20 ml Caribbean rum 3-5yo; 15 ml Banana liqueur; 5 ml Corn/maize liqueur; 10 ml Fino sherry; 5 ml Lime juice; 2 drop Saline solution 4:1

Bananarama
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Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
3 slice	Banana (preferably overripe)
1 oz	Cachaça
²⁄₃ oz	Caribbean blended rum aged 3-5 years
¹⁄₂ oz	Giffard Banane du Brésil liqueur
¹⁄₆ oz	Corn/maize liqueur
¹⁄₃ oz	Lustau Jarana Fino Sherry
¹⁄₆ oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
2 drop	Saline solution 4:1 (20g sea salt to 80g water)

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
Prepare garnish of dried banana chip.
MUDDLE banana with cachaça and rum in base of shaker.
Add other ingredients, SHAKE with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
Garnish with dehydrated banana chip.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Fino sherry - Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

Strength & taste guide:

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Review:

Funky cachaça with rum and corn liqueur with the all-important banana flavours contributed by fresh overripe banana and banana liqueur.

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History:

Created in January 2022 by yours truly at the Clocktower, Rye England.

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Alcohol content:

1.4 standard drinks
23.13% alc./vol. (23.13° proof)
19.7 grams of pure alcohol

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Nikolaus Linder

5th December 2024 at 16:34

The step in the recipe when ingredients 4 to 7 are added seems to be missing. To be inserted between 3. and 4., right?

Shogi Redbrook

10th January at 13:38

From what I remember you're right, the rest of the ingredients go in the shaker before step 4. I think there's been an automated standardisation to most of the recipes and some of them have got a bit muddled.

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Shogi Redbrook

1st December 2024 at 23:24

Love this one. It’s my kind of digestif. Crisp, complex and contemplative.

James Brooke

8th September 2024 at 21:12

Simon, please can you tell me what you are using or thinking of when you say "Caribbean blended rum aged 3-5 years"?
Many thanks.

Simon Difford

9th September 2024 at 07:34

I used Bacardi Añejo Cuatro.

Andy Prior

8th February 2024 at 23:38

If you want to try an interesting variant of this… swap the rum for some Skrewball Peanut-butter Whiskey. I’d say it’s not as complex but if you like peanut butter on your banana or are looking to channel your inner Elvis - it’s not half bad.

Alex White

15th July 2022 at 17:45

Exquisite. I used my super fine strainer jug and let the cocktail seep through slowly. Beautifully balanced. Complex yet approachable. Kudos Simon.

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