The Fresh & Fruity | Sweet raspberry & limoncello Bentianna cocktail

This delightfully bold raspberry and limoncello cocktail is as delicious as it is striking to look at. Each sip is an impressive dance of berries on the tongue, carrying just the right amount of sweetness and tartness derived from its refreshing ingredients. Limoncello drives the tartness up a notch, while the floral-honey notes from the Bentianna mellows out the acidity from the raspberries. Sage harmonises with the fruity edge of the drink, lending an extra aroma as you take each sip.

Bentianna, described as a Slovakian herbal liqueur made of honey, wine, yellow gentian extract, and a unique combination of thirteen herbs, acts as a sweet and delicately bitter vehicle to this fruity cocktail. If you’re looking for a superb pre-dinner drink for entertaining guests this weekend, look no further than this juicy ruby-coloured raspberry and limoncello cocktail. Of course, be sure to obtain the freshest and ripest of raspberries for this recipe.

The Fresh & Fruity | Sweet Raspberry and Limoncello Bentianna Cocktail

Course: DrinksDifficulty: Easy

A delightfully ruby-red raspberry and limoncello cocktail that carries just the right amount of fruity sweetness and fresh tartness to whet an appetite. Perfect as a pre-dinner drink, or a cooling summertime sipper.

Ingredients

• 7 ripe raspberries

• 3 sage leaves

• 1 1/2 ounces Bentianna

• 1 1/2 ounces limoncello*

• 3/4 ounce lemon juice

• Extra sage leaves and raspberries, for garnish

• Soda water, to top

Preparation

• In a shaker, muddle the raspberries and sage leaves, then add Bentianna, limoncello, and lemon juice.
• Shake with ice. Strain into a chilled glass jar.
• Top with soda water and garnish with alternating sage leaves and raspberries on a pick.

Notes

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