Make at home: ‘Smoke & Mirrors’ Cocktail Recipe
by Alessandro Ferrara
Bring the five star service of 45 Park Lane to your guests at home with this fabulous cocktail from bar manager Francesco Orefici
Serves
One drink
Ingredients
15 ml Lemon juice
20 ml Simple syrup
20 ml Drambuie
40 ml Glenfiddich whisky
20ml Lapsang tea
2 bar spoons of Luxardo Maraschino
Glass
Stemless Burgundy Glass
Garnish
One lemon peel and 2 Amarena cherries
Method
Prepare to make your cocktail by infusing the Lapsang tea and allow to cool. Once you have 20ml of cooled infused tea pour into a shaker with ice, and add in all other ingredients. Shake vigorously for a few seconds. Using a cocktail strainer, poor the chilled liquid into a stemless Burgundy glass over a large ice chunk, or a few cubes of ice depending on what you have. Squeeze the lemon peel over the cocktail and let it drop into the glass then add the Amarena cherries to finish. Enjoy your Smoke & Mirrors cocktail!
