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The Drinking Guide
Lime-Lit Gimlet
The Raconteur with homemade lime-agave cordial and fresh lime, finished with a curl of lime peel.
Ingredients
45 ml Sammy Piquant Raconteur
30 ml lime-agave cordial (see preparation)
10 ml fresh lime juice
Glassware: 150–170 ml V-shaped stemmed cocktail glass
Ice: Cubed ice for shaking; no serving ice
Garnish: One small lime-peel curl
Method
Preparation
Lime-agave cordial: combine 60 ml Sammy agave, undiluted as supplied, 60 ml fresh lime juice, 30 ml water and 1 g finely grated lime zest. Rest for 10 minutes and fine-strain; do not top up. Measure 30 ml of the strained cordial into each cocktail. Refrigerate and use the same day. The cocktail's only added sweetener is the Sammy agave in this cordial.
Make the cocktail
1. Chill the cocktail glass. Shake Raconteur, the measured cordial and fresh lime juice with cubed ice for 8–10 seconds.
2. Double-strain into the chilled glass.
3. Express a small lime peel over the surface and rest the peel at the rim.
