Panettone Connection cocktail: the new Christmas drink with panettone flavored rum and Bengal pepper

The Panettone Connection is the last cocktail born, just in time to celebrate Christmas together. But what’s so special about this cocktail?

To be honest, you only have to create a particular rum, by infusing in it a slice of panettone, orange peel, and some Bengal pepper berries. It seems complicated, but in reality, the Greeks and Romans were already famous for their infusions and aromatic wines cut with honey, herbs, and seawater, so a splice of panettone is a wald in the park.

We do not want to be so presumptuous to put ourselves on the same level as great Apicius, but this time (maybe) something good has come out.

But let’s move on, once we’ve made this Panettone flavored rum, what do we do with it?

You can use it as an ingredient to add a sumptuous and fragrant touch or make an Old Fashioned cocktail twist. Certainly in the real old-fashioned, you have to use bourbon whiskey, which in reality is already rich in caramelized, sweet, spicy and mentholated perfumes. But this time we want to use rum to create harmony between the flavors of the distillate and the candied fruits, the true protagonists of the infusion.

Instead of the classic Angostura, we will use The Bitter Truth Jerry Thomas Own Decanter, fabulous for its charm and power, a concentrate of dried fruit and bitter tastes in constant contrast.

As a piece of advice, pay attention to the Bengal pepper: it’s super spicy and strong, let it soak in the rum for no more than 2 days. We want a peppery touch, not an atomic bomb.

Ingredients and doses for making the Panettone Connection cocktail

• 5 cl of rum flavored with panettone and Bengal pepper
• 4 drops of The Bitter Truth Jerry Thomas Own Decanter
• 3 grams of sugar
• 0.5 cl of lemon juice

To make panettone and Bengal pepper flavored rum

• 1 slice of panettone with excellent quality candied fruit, 80-100 grams
• 2 liters of dark rum
• 1 untreated and organic mandarin and 1 orange
• 3 Bengal pepper berries

How to make the Panettone Connection cocktail

Buy a good dark rum, then pour it into a large container that can be hermetically sealed. Cut the panettone into cubes and put it inside. Cut mandarin and orange into pieces and throw them in too, then add the Bengal pepper.

Close with a lid, place in a cool place and let stand for 2 days, then strain with a sieve squeezing the pieces of panettone well and bottle the flavored rum.

To make the cocktail, put the sugar in a glass, pour in the Bitter, lemon juice and then dissolve the sugar, stirring with a spoon.

Add the flavored rum, stir, then fill with ice. Squeeze an orange peel over it and serve. Merry Christmas!

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Mojito, Zombie, Mai Tai, Daiquiri, Painkiller, Dark and Stormy, Canchanchara, Pina Colada, Cuba Libre, Barracuda, Basito, Hurricane.