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Fairground Rye

Cotton candy is a common feature of Spring Festival temple fairs. This drink incorporates that into the serve, along with a traditional teacup, very fitting for a Chinese cocktail.

Fairground Rye
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Serves:

1

Ingredients

35ml Bulleit Rye

25ml Aged Madeira

15ml Ginger and lemongrass syrup*

40ml Mango tea (1 tea bag or 2 teaspoons of dried mango tea for 250ml tea)

1 Ginger cotton candy garnish**

Equipment

1 Shaker

1 Strainer

1 Teacup

method

Shake all the ingredients over ice and strain into a teacup.

Serve with cotton candy on the side, which can also be dissolved in the drink for extra sweetness.

*Ginger and Lemongrass Syrup Method

To make 1L of syrup, mix 350g cleaned, chopped fresh ginger with 900ml cold water, slowly bring to the boil and simmer for five minutes. Take off the heat and add 1kg sugar and 10 sticks of lemongrass (slightly crushed). Stir to dissolve the sugar, and leave until cool. Strain, bottle and refrigerate.

**Ginger Cotton Candy Method

Add slices of fresh ginger to caster sugar for 24 hours. Remove ginger and use sugar in a small candyfloss machine. Alternatively use shop-bought candyfloss.

Alcohol content:

16.39g

(2.1 standard drinks – 1.9 units per serve)