Pleasure, my name is Bianca Andrioli but my friends call me Bia. I have been working in cocktails for three years in Porto Alegre and have worked in several bars in the capital of Rio Grande do Sul such as Dirty Old Man, Hair Home Bar Locals Only, Rancho 141, Sushito Restaurante, Wills Bar and I am currently head of the bar at Eat Kitchen. I have a degree in Design, I study Food Engineering and I seek to align my knowledge of these areas with my work as a bartender.
My inspiration for the cocktail came from the symphonic poem by Heitor Villa-Lobos called Uirapuru. The poem is inspired by one of the legends of our folklore that tells the story of an Indian who was transformed into the bird with the most beautiful song of all by the god Tupã. In nature, the uirapuru is a bird that is threatened with extinction due to some popular beliefs, so I chose to work with sustainability through the total use of bananas to produce savory chips with the fruit and using the peel for saccharum oil. Do you know a more Brazilian lemon than the clove lemon? If you find it, tell me why I don't know it. Cumaru, like uirapuru, is native to the Amazon rainforest, which led me to choose it for maceration in the bitter liquor. As we are talking about a tropical country, I chose coconut to bring this aspect to the cocktail and also to soften the alcoholic presence in the liquor, giving focus to the perceptions of Pindorama cachaça.
Recipe
Ingredients
- 50ml Pindorama cachaça
- 15ml Amaro Stomaco liqueur with cumaru and coconut*
- 40ml banana peel saccharum
- 25ml clove lemon juice
- 20ml pasteurized egg white or aquafaba
Method of preparation
In a cocktail shaker with ice add all the ingredients and shake. Make a dry shake and serve in a low glass with ice topped with salted banana chips. *Amaro liqueur with cumaru and coconut: macerate 120g of unsweetened dehydrated coconut shavings together with a cumaru bean and add to the liqueur. Leave to infuse for 48 hours, protected from sunlight. Strain and transfer to a sanitized bottle. Store in refrigerator. On the internet you can easily find how to make saccharum and banana chips