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Samurai
by Anirban Kundu

Recipe & Ingredients

  • 50 ml: (vodka)
  • 10 ml: White Dry Vermouth (white dry vermouth)
  • 15 ml: Lime Juice Fresh (citrus juice)
  • 45 ml: Lime Juice Sweet (citrus juice)
  • 15 ml: Spiced Syrup (spiced syrup)
  • 30 ml: Dry Sparkling Wine (sparkling wine)

Preparation

Categories:
Refreshing Summer
Glassware: Champagne Flute
Ice: ice cubes for shaking
ice cubes for the serving glass

Technique

Garnish

  • 1x star anise flamed, Use the long tweezers to hold the garnish. Flame it with the torch. Drop the garnish into the drink. Please use extreme caution when working with an open flame. Fire can cause harm to yourself and your sourroundings.

Drink Description

<<It is very hot outside and the Samurai cocktail is our answer to that. You can make it at home and enjoy this wonderful refreshing summer cocktail.>>

Mixing Instructions

  1. Add all the ingredients (except the bubbly liquid !) into the shaker.
  2. Add ice cubes into the shaker
  3. Shake for about 10 seconds.
  4. Double-Strain into the serving glass.
  5. Top up with sparkling wine.
  6. Add your garnish.

Detailed Recipe Instructions

  1. Prepare your Mise en Place.
  2. Prepare your bottle setup.
  3. Prepare your garnish.
  4. Pour all your ingredients except the sparkling wine into the shaker.
  5. Add ice cubes into the shaker
  6. Shake for about 10 seconds.
  7. Double-Strain into the serving glass.
  8. Top up with sparkling wine.
  9. Add your garnish.

Mixing Tips

Mise En Place

  • Keep all equipment and ingredients within range. It will be easier and faster to mix the drink.

Glassware

  • A chilled glass keeps your drink longer and more enjoyable. Your used ice will melt slower, and the taste will stay longer.

Alcoholic Ingredients

  • The sparkling wine is best poured while fresh, cold, and fizzy. Slowly pour it into the serving glass.

Mise en Place

Ice:

ice cubes for shaking
ice cubes for the serving glass

Bar Equipment:

Kitchen Gas Torch
Jigger
Cocktail Shaker
Long Tweezer
Hawthorne Strainer

Garnish:

1x star anise flamed

Essential Infos

Name:
Samurai

Style:

Bar Technique:
shake
torch a garnish
make a syrup

Ingredients by Category:

vodka
white dry vermouth
citrus juice
citrus juice
spiced syrup
sparkling wine

Garnish:
star anise flamed

Color:
shiny dark honey

Flavour and Texture

Aroma

star anise
smoke
lime

Flavour

clove
lime
cinnamon

Texture

clean
crisp
fresh

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