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The Drinking Guide
Orange Blossom Bloom
The Raconteur with citrus, cream and aquafaba, lifted with soda and a measured orange-blossom dilution.
Ingredients
45 ml Sammy Raconteur
15 ml fresh lemon juice
10 ml fresh lime juice
10 ml Sammy agave syrup
15 ml chilled pouring cream, approximately 35 percent fat
15 ml aquafaba
10 ml orange blossom working dilution (one part blossom water to nineteen parts water; see prep)
60 ml chilled soda water
Glassware: Slim Collins glass
Ice: Cubed ice for shaking; no serving ice
Garnish: One small orange zest crescent
Method
Preparation
Aquafaba is the strained liquid from a can of chickpeas; choose unsalted. Orange blossom water must be culinary and alcohol-free, not an extract or perfume. Orange blossom working dilution: combine 10 ml orange blossom water with three 60 ml measures of chilled water and a further 10 ml water. Stir thoroughly. Measure only 10 ml of this working dilution into the drink, never neat orange blossom water at the serving measure. Contains dairy; chickpea sensitivity is also possible. Make fresh for the session, refrigerate promptly and keep chilled until use.
Make the cocktail
1. Chill a Collins glass. Add all measured ingredients except soda to a shaker, using the orange blossom working dilution, not neat blossom water.
2. Shake without ice for 20 seconds, then add solid ice and shake for 15 seconds more; the working dilution already contributes water.
3. Fine-strain into the glass, wait 20 seconds, then pour the measured soda slowly down the side. Stop to let the foam settle if it approaches the rim. Finish with orange zest.
