Beverages

Easter-spiced espresso martini

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"Get your sugar high (or caffeine fix) with a whisper of spice and a layer of frothy cream courtesy of this espresso martini 2.0" – Jeanne Calitz
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Ingredients

Method
  • 120 g light brown sugar
  • 4 T boiling water
  • 6 T cream
  • 1 T piced syrup
  • salt, a pinch
  • 6 T vodka
  • 4 T coffee liqueur
  • 4 T fresh espresso
  • 2 T spiced syrup

Method

Ingredients

1. Make a spiced simple syrup by dissolving light brown sugar in 4 T boiling water.

2. Steep with whole cinnamon, cardamom and cloves until fragrant. Strain and cool. Beat cream with 1 T spiced syrup and a pinch of salt until light and airy (no peaks!).

3. In a shaker with ice, combine 6 T vodka, coffee liqueur, fresh espresso and spiced syrup.

4. Shake well and strain into two martini glasses. Slowly pour the spiced cream over the back of a teaspoon until it formsa layer on top of the martini. Dust with grated Easter egg chocolate and enjoy. Serves 2

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Photographs: Jan Ras
Production: Bianca Strydom
Food Assistant: Raymand Buitendag
Jeanne Calitz

Recipe by: Jeanne Calitz

Jeanne Calitz is a freelance lifestyle writer based in Kommetjie, Cape Town. She's a voracious reader and a fan of hyper-seasonal cooking and well-made cocktails (spicy palomas forever!) When not writing, you'll find her busy in the garden or walking the family's two Schnauzers, awestruck by the fact that she gets to live near the ocean.

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