Bonny Scot

Bonny Scot

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Ingredients

  • 1 fresh Passion fruit
  • 1 oz Dewar's 12 Year Old Scotch whisky
  • 1 oz Honey herbal liqueur
  • 1⁄2 oz Calvados / apple brandy / straight applejack

Method

Glassware:

Serve in an Old-fashioned glass

Prepare:

  1. Select and pre-chill an OLD-FASHIONED GLASS.
  2. Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist and Luxardo Maraschino Cherry.

Method:

  1. Wash and cut a fresh passion fruit in half. SCOOP out the seeds and flesh of both halves into your shaker.
  2. Add other ingredients, SHAKE with ice.
  3. STRAIN into ice-filled glass.

Garnish:

  1. EXPRESS lemon zest twist over the cocktail and discard.
  2. Garnish with skewered maraschino cherry.

History:

Adapted from a recipe in R. de Fleury's 1934 book 1700 Cocktails for the Man Behind the Bar.

Review:

Scotch whisky and apple are classic pairings, and here the apple comes in the form of calvados, with the richness of whisky liqueur balanced by tart, fresh passionfruit.