Mad for Martinis: The LAN Martini
The LAN Martini
Bobby Sun, LAN Club
BS: We’re using 60ml of Absolut Raspberri, 30ml of Grand
Marnier, plus a dash of pineapple juice, 30ml raspberry purée, fresh ginger and half a dozen Chinese wolfberries, which are little red berries like raisins used in Traditional Chinese Medicine.
SZ: It’s used in tea, too, and in soups.
CY: It’s good for men–in the same way oysters are.
BS: I’ve muddled the raspberry purée and ginger with the wolfberries and added the Absolut and Grand Marnier. I serve it garnished with fresh ginger and this flower, which is called a lan hua in Chinese, so the flower has the same pronunciation as the drink.
TW: I can see ginger in the garnish, but I can’t taste the ginger in the drink, or the orange from the Grand Marnier.
BS: The main idea is to make a healthy cocktail.
CY: That’s true, you can’t taste the wolfberry, but it’s there and it’s doing you some good.
SZ: There’s a lot going on in this one, but I’d have
liked to taste the wolfberries. Perhaps the raspberry
is a little tart. It could use a dash more pineapple to
balance the citrus flavor of the fruit.
Ingredients: 60ml Absolut Raspberri; 30ml Grand Marnier; a dash of pineapple juice; 30ml raspberry purée; fresh ginger and half a dozen Chinese wolfberries. Garnish with a lan flower and fresh ginger.
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