This recipe uses the Breville Smoking Gun. The Smoking Gun adds a finishing touch to your food by smoking meat, fish, vegetables, sauces and cocktails for a natural smoke flavour infusion.
Ingredients
3 tablespoons (60ml) cognac
1 tablespoon (20ml) Cointreau
1 tablespoon (20ml) lemon juice
2 teaspoons (10ml) simple syrup
1/2 cup ice cubes
Pinch of cracked black pepper
Pinch of hickory wood chips
Sugar, to garnish
Pinch of apple wood chips
Method
For best results, use the Breville Smoking Gun. For the smoked sugar, put sugar in the bowl and cover with plastic wrap. Add apple wood chips to the burn chamber of the Breville Smoking Gun
Place hose under plastic wrap with the opening sitting above the sugar. Turn smoking gun on to HIGH SPEED and ignite wood chips. Switch to LOW SPEED and smoke for a few seconds until bowl is filled with a dense smoke. Remove hose and reseal plastic wrap. Let infuse for 3 minutes, shaking sugar occasionally
Meanwhile, chill a cocktail glass. Just before serving dip the edges of the glass into the smoked sugar. Set aside
For the cocktail, combine both alcohols, lemon juice, syrup and ice in a cocktail shaker. Add wood chips and pepper to the burn chamber of the Breville Smoking Gun. Place hose in cocktail shaker with the opening sitting above the liquid and cover. Turn smoking gun on to HIGH SPEED and ignite wood chips. Switch to LOW SPEED and smoke for a few seconds until the shaker is filled with a dense smoke. Remove hose and cover wit the lid. Gently swirl or shake the cocktail