.25 oz Creme de Banane
2 dash Bittermans Xocolatl Mole Bitters
Stir with ice and strain into a chilled rocks glass over a large cube of ice. Garnish with chili powder.
So this recipe caught my eye for two reasons. First, because it was simple (I was having a meeting and wanted a drink) and because it had creme de banane in it. I hate fake banana flavor, but for some reason I decided to buy banana liquor. For this reason I grabbed the most 'real' looking bottle I could get and ended up with Giffard Banane du Bresil. Which tastes amazing, but I can never find a drink that uses it. This may be the one.
Due to the time constraints making the drink I had a couple changes. First I used a coupe glass instead of a rocks glass. I also didn't garnish it with the chili powder and instead used a few drops of Bitters, Old Men's Holy Trinity Bitters. The results were impressive, and I'll have to try it out as it was written.
This drink ended up tasting like a Bananas Foster. The smell was warm rum notes and bananas. The flavor started with a rum note which quickly switched to caramelized sugar and bananas. The aftertaste contained a bit of the heat from the pepper and mole bitters but it didn't detract from the overall drink. The spice provided a nice counterpoint to the sweet banana.
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