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February 14, 2014updated 11 Jan 2016 1:04pm

Food Friday: How to Make the Perfect Whisky Cocktail

By Spear's

After some persistent encouragement (and only a spot of bribery) the expert mixologists at The Roof Gardens in Kensington have gifted Spear’s their precious recipe for the Coquettier – a modern take on the Sazerac, the first version of the classic ‘cocktail’.

The drink, similar to the Old Fashioned, is made to its classic recipe with a Babylonian twist: infusing the Cognac with dried figs. It’s a sensory indulgence.

Watch how to make the Perfect Whisky Cocktail here.

BABYLON’S COQUETTIER RECIPE

Serves two:

Ingredients

35ml Bourbon – Four Roses Single Barrel
25ml Fig infused Cognac – Hennessy
5ml Sugar Syrup
4 dashes of Creole bitters
2 dashes of Whisky Barrel bitters
Stir down with ice

Method

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Chill two small cocktail glasses with crushed ice and add a few drops of absinthe to each.

After stirring for about 45 seconds to 1 minute, strain into a small decanter/medicine bottle.

Empty glasses of ice and absinthe, and present the glasses and bottle on a small slate. Decorate slate with spices, dark chocolate, dried figs for eating and lemon peels to add to the drink.

This drink is classically an aperitif and would originally be a little drier. Nowadays these sorts of drinks are popular after dinner.

Babylon’s version is made sweeter and richer with the fig infusion and works perfectly with a dark chocolate dessert or as a digestive on its own/with an espresso.

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