1 1⁄2 oz Batavia Arrack, Van Oosten
1⁄4 oz Orgeat (homemade, with orange flower water)
Instructions
Cut cheeks (peel, pith, small bit of fruit) off the four sides of an orange - bonus if it's a Valencia or Seville. Add ingredients to glass, drop in four orange cheeks, add ice and shake (to integrate the orgeat). Double strain into a coupe, and garnish with a thin orange slice.
Notes
I'm hoping that this builds a nutty-citrus accord that fights the buttery-oily arrack. Manzanilla sherry is like a super-fino, and hopefully the detailed instructions get enough orange into the drink without having to add orange juice.
So weirdly enough, this works. It definitely gets enough orange into the drink, and the Manzanilla + Arrack give almost a smoky, Mezcal accord. This is definitely dry, but interesting.