{"id":3696,"date":"2016-06-17T08:53:35","date_gmt":"2016-06-17T08:53:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jamesramsden.com\/?p=3696"},"modified":"2016-06-17T08:54:21","modified_gmt":"2016-06-17T08:54:21","slug":"cognac-and-fathers-day-a-good-match","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jamesramsden.com\/2016\/06\/17\/cognac-and-fathers-day-a-good-match\/","title":{"rendered":"Cognac and Father’s Day: A good match"},"content":{"rendered":"
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With Father\u2019s Day approaching it seems a good time to celebrate, and I can think of no better way than with a cocktail or two. I\u2019ve become rather fond of cognac. It\u2019s a surprisingly versatile drop \u2013 very good with a lot of food, and also a mighty contender when it comes to mixing cocktails. And of course appropriately lavish to qualify as a proper celebration drink.<\/p>\n
At my restaurant Pidgin we\u2019ve dished out a few cognac-based cocktails with great success. There was the now slightly unseasonal Charlie Brown Christmas <\/em>of Martell VS cognac, cinnamon rum, smoked coca cola, clove and orange, the Lucky Pierre<\/em> (Martell VSOP cognac, mezcal, apple, xocolatl bitters, lime) and my favourite, whose recipe is below, – Ackroyd\u2019s Folly<\/em>. It\u2019s fairly potent, so should be handled with caution, but is a lovely, balanced drink \u2013 toffeed and rich from the VSOP, aromatic thanks to the triple sec, a little juice from the maraschino, edge from the lemon and all rounded out by the bitters, as is their wont.<\/p>\n This beverage is a fine way to celebrate, and as simple a homemade cocktail as you\u2019ll find. Happy Father\u2019s Day.<\/p>\n Ackroyd\u2019s Folly<\/u><\/p>\n Makes 1<\/p>\n Measure the Martell cognac, triple sec, cherry liqueur and lemon juice into the glass of a cocktail shaker (or any large glass) and add a good shovel-full of ice. Stir vigorously until the glass is almost too cold to hold. Strain over ice in a chilled tumbler. Add a dash of Angostura bitters. Garnish with a cocktail cherry.<\/p>\n Ackroyd\u2019s Folly is an aperitif and best enjoyed while cooking dinner \u2013 perhaps with my <\/strong>roast stuffed mackerel with lentils and bacon<\/em><\/strong><\/a>. For more of my Martell Cognac paired recipes, visit: <\/strong>www.martell.com\/en-uk\/recipes<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n This is a sponsored post for which I was remunerated.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" With Father\u2019s Day approaching it seems a good time to celebrate, and I can think of no better way than with a cocktail or two. I\u2019ve become rather fond of cognac. It\u2019s a surprisingly versatile drop \u2013 very good with a lot of food, and also a mighty contender when it comes to mixing cocktails. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1zdji-XC","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jamesramsden.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3696"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jamesramsden.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jamesramsden.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jamesramsden.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jamesramsden.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3696"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.jamesramsden.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3696\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3708,"href":"https:\/\/www.jamesramsden.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3696\/revisions\/3708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jamesramsden.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3696"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jamesramsden.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3696"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jamesramsden.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n