- 50mls BORA Botanical Rum
- Two bay leaves
- Ice
- Cocktail shaker, stirrer and Hawthorn strainer.
Take a cocktail shaker base and fill two-thirds full of ice. Measure and pour the rum (which can be stored in the freezer), and add the bay leaf. Stir for around half a minute until the liquid is nicely chilled and the bay leaf has infused its flavour into the ice and rum. Sieve this through a Hawthorn Strainer straight into a chilled martini glass. The rum, having been cooled down, will look thicker and more oily than it did before. Bruise and then gently float the remaining bay leaf into the martini. Savour immediately.
Unlike the infamous Fleming character, we recommend stirring rather than shaking. Bond clearly preferred his martinis weaker and colder, whilst we think BORA is best enjoyed packed with flavour. If the recipe as it stands is a bit too alcoholic for your liking, you could always consider stirring for longer to dilute it further.