Underhill-Lounge

This time I’m following Francois Xavier’s Orgeat procedure from this blog post:
Homemade Orgeat Syrup (French Barley Water)
(My favorite part of the lovely pictures which accompany the recipe is that the author appears to be making orgeat in his/her pajamas.)
550 grams blanched and roughly chopped almond & (optional) apricot kernels
150 grams blanched and finely minced almonds [...]

Classic Cocktail
1/6 Lemon Juice (1/2 oz lemon juice)
1/6 Curacao (1/2 oz Brizard Curacao)
1/6 Maraschino (1/2 oz Luxardo Maraschino)
1/2 Brandy (1 1/2 oz Pierre Ferrand Ambre)
Shake well and strain into cocktail glass. Frost rim of glass with castor sugar. Squeeze lemon peel on top.
I left off the sugar rim, as it seemed like this [...]