Brother's Keeper Recipe

Name: Brasserie Les Mordus BROTHER'S KEEPER Recipe
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: 1 servings
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml Ron Zacapa 23 rum; 8 leaf Menthe (fresh mint leaves); 15 ml Honey syrup (2:1 honey:water); 10 ml Amer aromatique (aromatic bitter liqueur, e.g., Amaro or house bitter); 7.5 ml Cacao liqueur (or creme de cacao); 12.5 ml Fresh lime juice; 2 dash Angostura bitters; 1 cup Ice; 1 sprig Mint sprig (garnish); 1 tsp Grated dark chocolate or cocoa powder (garnish)

Inspired by Brasserie Les Mordus

Time10m

Serves1

Ron Zacapa 23, Menthe, Miel, Amer aromatique, Cacao

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Ingredients

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Cocktail

1/4 cup (60 ml) Ron Zacapa 23 rum

8 leaf Menthe (fresh mint leaves)

1.01 tbsp (15 ml) Honey syrup (2:1 honey:water)

2.03 tsp (10 ml) Amer aromatique (aromatic bitter liqueur, e.g., Amaro or house bitter)

1 1/2 tsp (7.5 ml) Cacao liqueur (or creme de cacao)

2.54 tsp (12.5 ml) Fresh lime juice

2 dash Angostura bitters

1 cup Ice

1 sprig Mint sprig (garnish)

1 tsp Grated dark chocolate or cocoa powder (garnish)

Method

Cocktail

Prepare honey syrup

If you don't have honey syrup ready, make it first: combine 2 parts runny honey with 1 part hot water (for example 60 g honey + 30 g hot water). Stir until homogeneous and cool. Measure 15 ml for the cocktail.

Muddle mint

Place 8 fresh mint leaves into a mixing glass or shaker. Add the honey syrup (15 ml) and gently muddle 4–6 times to release aromatic oils. Avoid over-muddling which can make the mint bitter.

Build the cocktail

Add Ron Zacapa 23 (60 ml), fresh lime juice (12.5 ml), Amer aromatique (10 ml), cacao liqueur (7.5 ml), and 2 dashes of Angostura bitters into the shaker with the muddled mint and syrup.

Shake with ice

Add a cup of ice to the shaker, secure the lid, and shake vigorously for 12–15 seconds until well chilled and slightly diluted.

Double strain

Double strain the cocktail into a chilled coupe or Nick & Nora glass (or a short rocks glass with a single large ice cube) to remove mint fragments and small ice shards.

Garnish and finish

Express a mint sprig over the drink by gently clapping it between your hands and run it around the rim, then place it on the drink. Grate a small amount (about 1 tsp) of dark chocolate or dust with cocoa powder over the top. Serve immediately.