Carnival Colada

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Time: 5 min plus steeping time
Complexity: easily
Quantity: 1 cocktail

Almost year-round, the bar at Arnaud's Restaurant mixes more French 75s than anywhere else in New Orleans. But during Mardi Gras, their signature purple cocktail, a beloved favorite, takes center stage. The drink gets its vibrant color from cachaça infused with cletoria flowers, a blue plant with a mild flavor. The purple cocktail is served with a green sprig of mint and garnished with a gold plastic baby figurine—all in the Mardi Gras colors.

The recipes use measuring containers with the following volumes:
1 glass (st.) - 250 ml.
3/4 cup (st.) - 180 ml.
2/3 cup (st.) - 160 ml.
1/2 cup (st.) - 125 ml.
1/3 cup (st.) - 80 ml.
1/4 cup (st.) - 60 ml.
1 tablespoon (tbsp) - 15 ml.
1 teaspoon (tsp) - 5 ml.
1/5 teaspoon (tsp) - 1 ml.

Ingredients for the recipe:

Blue cachaça

1 liter of cachaça
0.5 cups dried clitoria flowers

Coconut Magic

1 can (400 g) of sweetened condensed coconut milk
1 can (400 g) coconut milk
90 ml orange juice
90 ml white rum

Cocktail

15 ml white rum
7 ml. orange curacao
20 ml orange juice
15 ml lime juice
15 ml cinnamon syrup
A sprig of mint, for decoration

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Cooking the dish according to the recipe:

Make blue cachaça:

Pour the cachaça into a large container, add the clary lily flowers, and stir vigorously. Let it steep, stirring occasionally, until the cachaça turns deep purple, about 24 hours. Strain.
Make some coconut magic:

Combine coconut milk, orange juice, and rum in a blender. Blend until smooth.

Make a cocktail:

Combine 30 ml of blue cachaça, 15 ml of coconut magic, rum, Curaçao, orange juice, lime juice, and cinnamon syrup in a shaker with ice. Shake well.
Strain the drink into a glass filled with crushed ice. Garnish with a sprig of mint and a plastic "Magi Cake" doll.