Ingredients
20 ml Morand Mandarin Syrup
50 ml alcohol-free Swiss gin
50 ml lemon juice
1 bar spoon of powered egg white
10 g palo santo wood
20 g young pine needles
1 pine sprig
1 caramelised mandarin wedge
Utensils
Cocktail shaker
Strainer
Smoking cloche
Old fashioned glass
Preparation
Steps
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1. Infuse the palo santo wood in the alcohol-free Swiss gin at room temperature for 2 hours. Strain, then leave the wood to air dry so that it can be reused.
2. Heat the lemon juice to 50°C, add the needles then remove from the heat and leave to infuse for 1 hour. Strain and bottle.
3. Fill the cocktail shaker with ice cubes.
4. Add 40 ml of the palo-santo-infused alcohol-free Swiss gin, 20 ml of Morand Sirop de Mandarine, 20 ml of the pine-infused lemon juice and 1 bar spoon of powdered egg white.
5. Shake vigorously for 10 seconds.
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6. Strain to remove the ice cubes.
7. Shake again without the ice (to emulsify the cocktail).
8. Fill the old fashioned glass with ice cubes.
9. Pour the cocktail into the glass.
10. Decorate with the pine sprig and the caramelised mandarin wedge on the edge of the glass.
11. Smoke the cocktail under the cloche.
12. Remove the cloche to serve.
Brice Martaud
Hôtel Crans Ambassador, Crans-Montana
