Name: Johnny Carson’s mole tequila cocktail
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: 1
Ingredients: 45 millilitre arette blanco tequila (from good liquor stores); 1 tamarillo, flesh scraped from the skin with a spoon; 3 drops chilli oil (from specialty grocery or asian stores); 2 dashes of bitter truth bittermens xocolatl molé bitters (from good liquor stores); 15 millilitre heering denmark coffee liqueur (from good liquor stores); 1 tablespoon sugar syrup; 1 egg white; 15 millilitre fresh lemon juice; ice, to top up cocktail shaker

Ingredients

45 millilitre arette blanco tequila (from good liquor stores)

1 tamarillo, flesh scraped from the skin with a spoon

3 drops chilli oil (from specialty grocery or asian stores)

2 dashes of bitter truth bittermens xocolatl molé bitters (from good liquor stores)

15 millilitre heering denmark coffee liqueur (from good liquor stores)

1 tablespoon sugar syrup

1 egg white

15 millilitre fresh lemon juice

ice, to top up cocktail shaker

Method

1.Combine all ingredients in a cocktail shaker and softly press the tamarillo to ensure the flesh is broken.

2.Dry shake (see Note) briefly to ensure that the egg white is emulsified and binds the ingredients together.

3.Top up the shaker with ice, wet shake (see Note) and strain drink through the ice into a tall, high-ball glass that has been rimmed with chilli fizz dust (see Tip). You’ll know the drink has been mixed correctly when a soft foam forms just below the rim of the glass.

4.Serve with a slice of fresh tamarillo.

Shaking the cocktail mixer before adding ice is known as a ‘dry shake’. This emulsifies the egg white, which is added to lengthen the flavour of the drink, and binds the ingredients together. A ‘wet shake’ is so-named as it is done after adding ice, which dilutes the cocktail. Make your own chilli fizz dust: crush a small amount of dried chilli along with a touch of sugar in a mortar and pestle. wet the rim of the glass with lemon juice and dip in the chilli powder. For sugar syrup, heat equal amounts of sugar and water gently in a pot until the sugar dissolves. cool and use as required.
Note

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