Cocktails

Be Mine Cocktail Recipe

Camry Cowan, who owns Miss Boston’s Cocktail Lounge along with his wife, Mesha, shares how to make a Be Mine cocktail.

Recipe courtesy Camry Cowan, written by Tessa Cooper

“Inspired by the iconic chocolate strawberry, the Be Mine combines the holiday’s most popular flavors,” says Cowan. “With some planning ahead, you can skip the box of chocolates and impress your Valentine with this clarified cocktail.”

Ingredients

• 1.5 ounce Cruzan Single Barrel Rum
• 1.5 ounce Tempus Fugit Crème de Cacao
• 0.75 ounce fresh lime juice
• 0.75 ounce Reàl strawberry puree syrup
• 3 dashes Angostura cocoa bitters
• 5 drops saline solution
• 0.75 ounce heavy cream

Instructions

1. To make the saline solution, combine 1 part salt with 4 parts water. Stir the mixture until the salt is completely dissolved.
2. The night before, pour the heavy cream into a clear container. In a separate container, combine and stir the rest of the ingredients. Pour the stirred mixture over the heavy cream. The lime juice will cause the cream to curdle, imbuing the rest of the drink with its flavor and texture. Let the curdled solution sit at room temperature at least 1 hour.
3. Line a fine mesh strainer with two paper filters, place the strainer over a clear bowl, and pour the curdled solution into the strainer. Watch the cocktail as it strains, and wait until the drops begin to look clear. Then, move the strainer to a second bowl, and pour the liquid from the first bowl back into the strainer. Now, let the solution fully strain. The straining process may take some time, even a few hours.
4. Store the now-clarified cocktail in the fridge. To serve, pour it into a rocks glass and add ice. Garnish with fresh strawberries.

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