The Vine & The Fig Tree
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A tart, silky whiskey sour with the bittersweet herbal depth of Amaro Averna and a fig and sage syrup. The egg white gives it a soft, foamy body.
Similar names: ...In a Pear Tree, Crooked Tree, Far From the Tree, G'Vine Blush, Jade Tree Sour, Off The Vine, The Giving Tree, The Magnolia Tree
Method
Shaken
Glass
coupe
Difficulty
Medium
Flavor Profile
🌾 Contains gluten🥚 Contains egg
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AdInstructions
- Chill the coupe.
- Dry shake the whiskey, Amaro Averna, lemon juice and egg white hard without ice, then strain back into the shaker.
- Add ice, shake again and fine strain into the chilled coupe.
- Garnish with sage leaves, a dehydrated fig slice and a lemon zest twist.
- Fig and sage syrup
- Bring 1 litre of water to the boil in a pan with 200 g dried figs.
- Lower the heat, add 1.4 kg sugar and stir until it becomes a syrup.
- Take the pan off the heat and stir in the sage leaves from two stems.
- Let it steep until cool, stirring now and then.
- Strain out the figs and sage, bottle the syrup and keep it in the refrigerator until use.