Mandela cocktail

27 August, 2008
Page 49 
To celebrate Nelson Mandela's 90th birthday, the head barman at a London hotel created cocktail 46664 - after the great man's inmate number while he was imprisoned between 1964 and 1990. After a concert in London's Hyde Park last month, Robert Gaggl at the Cavendish Hotel in nearby Jermyn Street decided to create the cocktail, with 50 per cent of the proceeds going to Mandela's 46664 charity.

The recipe was inspired by South African oranges and sugar cane, combin ing Cointreau with fresh orange juice, Hennessy VS Cognac and Harvey s Bristol Cream.

Nelson Mandela 46664 cocktail

20 ml Hennessy VS Cognac

10 ml Cointreau

5 ml Harveys Bristol Cream

5 ml sugar syrup

15 ml orange juice

10 ml honey

Method: Shake ingredients on ice using a Boston shaker. Add 10ml honey to a Martini glass and using a strainer, serve straight up. Add a piece of twisted orange peel to garnish.