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French Calvados cider served fresh
Elegant Calvados and cider cocktail layered with ice and apple

French Calvados cider cocktail

Author: Flavelo
Recipes Quick Meals Drinks
Normandy in a glass. The French know that you can never have enough apple: here, cider is married with noble apple brandy (Calvados). The result is a sophisticated, grown-up drink, where the oak-aged Calvados gives depth, and the cider provides sparkling lightness. An elegant choice for an aperitif.
🕒 Prep Time 10 mins
⌛ Total Time 10 mins
🍽️ Servings 2 servings
🔥 Calories 180 kcal
🌍 Cuisine French

Ingredients

Equipment Needed

  • Chopping board and knife
  • Bar spoon
  • Wide-mouthed glass (e.g., tumbler)

Allergen Information

⚠️ Alcohol

Instructions

1 ✓

Wash the apple and cut it into paper-thin slices or small cubes.

Tip: Thin slices look elegant in the glass and release their flavour over a large surface area.
2 ✓

Dissolve the honey in the Calvados in a small glass.

Tip: Honey dissolves more easily in alcohol than in cold cider.
3 ✓

Fill the glasses with ice and toss the apple slices in between.

Tip: Layer it: ice, apple, ice, apple. This makes it more visually appealing.
4 ✓

Pour the honeyed Calvados over the ice.

Tip: Chill the alcohol.
5 ✓

Top up with cold cider and stir gently with the cinnamon stick.

Tip: Use the cinnamon stick as a 'spoon', it flavours as you stir.
6 ✓

Garnish with mint and the cinnamon stick left inside.

Tip: Cheers! (Santé!)

Recipe FAQ

What is Calvados?
It is a French, protected designation of origin apple brandy. If you don't have it, you can substitute it with good quality apple brandy, though the taste will be rawer.
The drink is too strong.
Use more ice and cider, and halve the Calvados. This is a cocktail; proportions can be adjusted to taste.

Ingredients

  • 400 ml Dry apple cider
  • 60 ml Calvados (or apple brandy)
  • 1 whole Fresh, crisp apple (e.g., Granny Smith)
  • 15 g Runny honey
  • 2 pcs Cinnamon sticks
  • 1 handful Ice cubes
  • 4 sprigs Fresh mint