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Licorice liqueur à la Black Panther
ingredients
for the "Panther" vodka:
50 g Turkish pepper (liquorice candy filled with salmiak powder)
17.5 cl vodka
for 1 glass:
3 ice cream scoops or cubes
8 cl "Panther" vodka
ice-cold mineral water to fill up
1 liquorice snail
1. For the "Panther" vodka, put the liquorice and vodka in a container with a screw cap and let it steep for approx. 2 days. Shake it up from time to time so that the sentence comes off the floor.
2. Put ice in a tumbler for the cocktail. Pour 8 cl of the prepared vodka. Top up with the mineral water and garnish with the liquorice snail.
Preparation time: 5 minutes (plus 2 days waiting time)
The film about the drink
"Black Panther" (2018) starring Chadwick Boseman. Can be borrowed e.g. from the Sky Store.
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Whiskey Basil Smash in the style of the Hulk
ingredients
for 1 glass:
½ cucumber (organic)
5 basil leaves
2 stalks of tarragon
2 cl sugar syrup
4 cl whiskey
2 cl freshly squeezed lime juice
some ice cubes
ice-cold mineral water to pour on (e.g. San Pellegrino)
1. Wash the cucumber, basil and tarragon and drain well or pat dry. Finely chop the cucumber. Put basil, 1 stick of tarragon, sugar syrup, whiskey and lime juice in a blender and puree finely. Strain the mixture through a fine sieve into a tall tumbler filled with ice cubes.
2. Carefully pour in the mineral water, stir briefly and garnish with the remaining tarragon.
Preparation time: 5 minutes
The film about the drink
"Hulk" (2003) starring Eric Bana. To be seen e.g. on Netflix.
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Justice Bitter in Superman style
ingredients
for 1 glass:
Crushed ice
4 cl Curaçao liqueur (e.g. Blue Curaçao)
2 cl freshly squeezed lime juice
2 cl sugar syrup
2 cl bitter liqueur (e.g. Campari)
ice-cold mineral water to fill up
1 cocktail cherry
1. Fill a long drink glass with crushed ice. Mix the curacao, lime juice and sugar syrup and pour into the glass. Float the bitter liquor into the glass over the back of a spoon so that two layers form.
2. Pour mineral water on very carefully, as the layers should not mix. Garnish with the cocktail cherry.
Preparation time: 5 minutes
The film about the drink
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) with Henry Cavill as Superman. Can be borrowed e.g. from the iTunes Store or Google Play Store.
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Old Fashioned – loosely based on Captain America
ingredients
for 1 glass:
1 sugar lump
1 dash of Angostura bitter
2 cl still, cool mineral water
5 cl whiskey
1 piece of organic orange peel
1 cocktail cherry
1 large ice cube or a large piece of ice
1. Put the sugar cube in a tumbler (short drinking glass with a thick bottom), drizzle the Angostura Bitter on top. Pour in the water and stir everything until the sugar is dissolved. Pour the whiskey. Press the orange peel lightly so that the aromatic oils come out.
2. Put the orange peel and the cocktail cherry with the ice cubes in the glass and serve
Preparation time: 5 minutes
The film about the drink
"Captain America: The First Avenger" (2011) starring Chris Evans. To see e.g. at Disney +.
© Christian Lohfink / Brigitte