The Sidecar, Ala Barndiva

Ingredients:
1 1/2 ounces Germain-Robin Craft Method Brandy
1 ounce housemade pumpkin curry liqueur [recipe below]
1/2 ounce blood orange juice squeezed to order
1/4 ounce fresh lemon juice
1/4 ounce brown sugar syrup

Preparing the cocktail:
Shake with ice and serve up. Cut a round piece of orange peel, flame it over the drink, then drape the warm peel to the side of the glass.

Serves 1

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Preparing pumpkin-curry liqueur:
After initially roasting the sugar pie pumpkin, slow-cook the pulp using traditional Christmas spices (brown sugar, cinnamon, clove, nutmeg, vanilla, ginger and mace) add savory curry spices (cumin, cardamom, coriander, black pepper, cayenne, turmeric and fenugreek). Steep this mixture in rye for two weeks. Strain into sterile bottle and keep refrigerated.