Serves 1
Difficulty: Easy
Preparation time: 15 minutes + 2 hours infusion time
Cooking time: 10 minutes
BRANDY INFUSION (Makes 750 ml)
100g MannaBrew Superfood Espresso powder
2 cloves
1 cinnamon stick
1 star anise
750ml (3 cups) brandy
COCKTAIL
Handful ice
30ml (2 tbsp) sugar syrup, cooled.
1 large egg yolk
20ml (4 tsp) mascarpone
30ml (2 tbsp) cream
5ml (1 tsp) vanilla essence
Cocoa powder for dusting
- For the brandy infusion, combine the MannaBrew Superfood Espresso powder, cloves, cinnamon stick, and star anise in a pan and toast until the mixture starts to smoke.
- Add the brandy to a saucepan and bring it up to a boil. Once boiling, remove it from the heat and carefully pour it into a large jar. Add the toasted MannaBrew spice mixture and set aside to infuse at room temperature for 2 hours.
- Strain the cooled brandy infusion.
- add some ice to a cocktail shaker to make one cocktail. Add 60 ml (¼ cup) of the brandy infusion. Pour sugar syrup, egg yolk, mascarpone, cream, and vanilla essence into it. Shake to combine.
- Strain the mixture into a serving glass and dust with cocoa powder.
TIP: Replace the sugar syrup with golden syrup, if preferred.