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Widow's Kiss Recipe - Mixed Drink With Calvados Brandy

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This cocktail is actually a take on the classic Widow's Kiss by Erik Adkins at The Slanted Door in San Francisco, who wanted to create something "both sexy and sad, like teh kis of a widow." Its complex flavors combine orange, clove, and ripe apple.

2 ounces Adrien Camut Calvados - 6 Year Old

1/2 teaspoon Benedictine

1/2 teaspoon Green Chartreuse VEP

Gum Arabic (or rich sugar syrup)

2 dashes of Angostura bitters

A thin orange peel served in the drink

Served on the rocks with large ice cubes in an old fashioned glass.

More Calvados Recipes

You can find additional calvados drink recipes, as well as recipes from a typical Norman meal, in the book Calvados: The Spirit of Normandy by Charles Neal.

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Calvados Adrien Camut (Pays d' Auge)
Calvados Lemorton (Domfrontais)
Domaine du Manoir de Montreuil Calvados (Pays d' Auge)
Calvados Michel Huard (Calvados AOC)

Calvados Video

Beyond the Snifter [Part 4] - Calvados

Why apples and pears are the more practical fruit for distillation in the Normandy region of France.

Calvados Cocktails

Calvados: The Spirit of Normandy

Calvados is an astounding 700-page stroll through the history and culture of Normandy and Calvados producers, through orchards and cellars, down to seemingly esoteric details, like what a producer might have scribbled in chalk on a typical barrel.
— Eric Asimov, New York Times

Neal explains the varieties of apples (or pears) used, how the fruit is picked, made into cider, and then distilled and aged. But more importantly, how to taste and appreciate this unique spirit.
— S. Irene Virbila, Los Angeles Times

...an essential reference on an underappreciated topic.
— Jon Bonné, San Francisco Chronicle

Also by Charles Neal:

Armagnac: The Definitive Guide to France's Premier Brandy

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