Danny serves the festive VEGI SPECK-PFLAUME
Danny's VEGI SPECK-PFLAUME
The plum wrapped in bacon, only without the bacon.
Kanpai at Danny's Japanese Cocktail Bar!
Danny serves today the festive VEGI SPECK-PFLAUME
with the 'drop of Japan': Ohako Umeshu. An excellent plum liqueur. Strong and sweet, with a complex, tangy note.
How to mix...
To prepare: spread some white sesame seeds in a ring on a plate, rub the rim of the Old Fashioned glasses with a cut lime, toss in the sesame seeds and place the glasses in the freezer.
60ml Ohako Umeshu (sesame shochu based plum liqueur), 80ml Cold Brew Lapsang Souchong (smoked tea, alternatively pour classic warm & chill in a bottle in the fridge), 15ml cooked sesame syrup, 15ml lime juice and 6ml Maraschino cherry liqueur (alternatively cherry brandy) shaken in a shaker with ice for 20sec, strained into prepared chilled glass over a large ice cube (or top up with several small ice cubes) - and kanpai.
Danny's tip...
1 big ice cube in the glass (e.g. 5x5x5cm) offers less surface than several small ones. So you have less dilution in the cocktail and your drink still stays cold for a long time.
And for the lovers among you: smoke the cocktail at the end with a smoke top or a smoke gun with cherry wood - sometimes more is more ;)
How it tastes...
'Incredible but true - this drink really does taste like a plum wrapped in bacon, only without the bacon.
The smoked tea is the secret of this cocktail. Fruity, smoky, refreshing. And the delightful playing along flavours of umeshu - from sesame, amaretto, almond to marzipan - a wicked drink! May the festivities begin...'
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