Mangue Cocktail

THE other day, in the process of taking an inventory of my tidy stash of wines and spirits, I rediscovered some long-forgotten bottles, their seals intact, lying at the back of the shelf. One of those was Mangue, a mango liqueur by Marie Brizard. I tried to sip it by itself but didn't quite relish it. Maybe my relationship with sweet, ripe mangoes is better than with a liqueur from it.

The next obvious thing to do in order to put the clear, orange liquid to good use, was to browse the Net for cocktails using it.

This mango liqueur cocktail is what I stumbled upon...it resulted in a beautiful, golden, neat, nice, long drink which I found really refreshing. There was a delicate blend of a multitude of flavours ranging from mango, bitters and vodka to tonic water. Absolutely lovely!

Mangue Cocktail.  (Pic by June Carvalho)

What you need:
60 ml vodka
30 ml Marie Brizard Mangue
2-3 dashes of Angostura bitters
Schweppes tonic water (chilled)
Ice cubes
Lime wedge for garnish (optional)

I half-filled a Collins glass with ice cubes, poured the vodka, followed by the mango liqueur, followed by dashes of the bitters, eventually topping it with chilled tonic water. Stuck a swizzle stick in and savoured it sip by sip till the very last drop!

Quite a stiff one that was. Halve the ingredients for a smaller one.