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PIÑATA

3 oz pineapple juice
1 oz lemon juice
¼ oz SC demerara syrup
1 oz ginger liqueur
½ oz St. Elizabeth allspice dram
1 oz Black Blended Rum ❺
1 oz Blended Lightly Aged Rum ❷

Garnish: grated nutmeg
Method: Add all the ingredients to a drink mixer tin. Fill with 12 ounces of crushed ice and 4 to 6 agitator cubes. Flash blend and open pour into a hollowed-out pineapple. Garnish with grated nutmeg.

A real job to hollow out the pineapple, but the fun vessel makes it worth it! Also no harm in throwing an extra straw in there for a party of two who won't mind sharing.

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CARNAGHINO

½ oz pistachio liqueur
½ oz chocolate liqueur
1½ oz cognac

Garnish: chocolate powder
Method: Combine all ingredients in a shaker with ice and shake. Double strain into a small glass and dust with chocolate powder as garnish.

A rich and creamy dessert cocktail, this one is hard not to gulp down! Spec is on Difford's Guide, created by Gabriele Carnaghi.

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Do you know where nutmeg comes from? It comes from the tropical tree myristica fragrans, native to the malucca islands of Indonesia.

Pic 1: unripe fruit hanging on the nutmeg tree
Pic 2: closeup of leaves
Pic 3: when the fruit is ripe and ready for harvest, it cracks open
Pic 4: inside the fruit. The red part is mace, and nutmeg is the spice that gets shaved off the brown pit under the mace.

As far as I know, the fruit isn't used, but if you know of a use for it, lmk 😊

#fruit#trees#spices

Nutmeg (Myristica fragrans) is probably the only plant whose fruits yield two different spices.
When the fruit is ripe it naturally splits to two. The brownish seed is the source of the spice termed as Nutmeg, while the crimson -colored lacy membrane (aril) is another spice known as mace.
Both nutmeg and mace are versatile spices that add distinct flavour and aroma for a wide range of food products.
The evergreen tree is widely cultivated in Kerala.