Garnishes don’t always have to be a fancy cut of lemon or orange. In the past years I’ve seen many different garnishes even including pastry and sugar decoration. I’m leaning toward the Japanese principle that a garnish needs to add something to the drink. If it’s only decoration, you can skip it. Last weekend I mixed up two quick aperitifs, that both had a nice benefit from a chocolate garnish.
The first drink was a bit obvious, X-Gin & Tonic, where X-Gin of course is a chocolate infused premium gin. I garnished this one with dark Madagascar chocolate 67,4% by The Chocolate Nation. This chocolate is made with premium cacao from the red island. Very intense taste with tones of raspberry, juniper, apricot and banana. The juniper really blends the chocolate to the G&T.
The second drink is a dessert-style Old Fashioned.
Banana & Chocolate
Ingredients
60 ml Bruichladdich The Classic Laddie
20 ml Giffard Banane du Brésil
2 dashes Nut bitters
Method
Let’s make it simple. Fill up your tumbler with ice cubes, add all ingredients and give it a good stir. Garnish with chocolate. I could have used the same chocolate because of the banana tones, but instead I picked Milk Chocolate “Power” 40,7% by The Chocolate Nation. This chocolate has a powerful core and creamy caramel tones that mix well with the whisky.
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