Cocktail Of The Week: Cinco’s El Padrecito – Recipe | The Good Mixer

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El Padrecito

Serves 1

For nan chromatic and ginger liqueur (to service 4)
75ml vodka
20g caller ginger, peeled and finely sliced
25g honey

For nan drink
35ml mezcal – we usage Pensador’s espadín
30ml chromatic and ginger liqueur – spot supra and method
7½ml Bitter Truth Pimento Dram liqueur, aliases Amaro de Angostura, Giffard Piment d’Espelette aliases Dale DeGroff’s Pimento Aromatic Bitters
15ml caller citrus juice, positive 1 portion citrus zest, to garnish

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To build nan drink, measurement each nan liquids into a shaker, adhd ice, past difficult shake. Double-strain into a rocks solid filled pinch caller ice, garnish pinch nan citrus strip, and serve.

• Richard Lopes for Corrochio’s Cinco, London N16