Name: Peligroso
Total time: 5 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Light white rum; 15 ml Red bitter liqueur; 15 ml Amaro (e.g. Averna); 7.5 ml Sugar syrup (2:1); 2.5 ml Pimento dram; 15 ml Lime juice; 2 dash Aromatic bitters; 7.5 ml Egg white (pasteurised); 2 drop Saline solution 4:1

Peligroso
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Glass:

Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
1 ¹⁄₂ oz	Light white rum (charcoal-filtered 1-4 years old)
¹⁄₂ oz	Italian red bitter liqueur
¹⁄₂ oz	Amaro (e.g. Averna)
¹⁄₄ oz	Monin Pure Cane Syrup (65.0°brix, equivalent to 2:1 rich syrup)
¹⁄₁₂ oz	St. Elizabeth Allspice Dram liqueur
¹⁄₂ oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
2 dash	Angostura Aromatic Bitters
¹⁄₄ oz	Egg white (pasteurised) or 3 dashes Fee Brothers Fee Foam cocktail foamer or Aquafaba (chickpea water) or Egg white replacement (vegan)
2 drop	Saline solution 4:1 (20g sea salt to 80g water)

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Prepare:

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
Prepare garnish of lime wedge.

How to make:

SHAKE all ingredients with ice and strain back into shaker.
DRY SHAKE (without ice).
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish:

Garnish with lime wedge.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Egg white (pasteurised) - Eggs

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

Bittersweet and spicy this is a warming, comforting winter aperitivo.

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History:

Named after the Spanish word for dangerous and much adapted from a recipe that originated in 2019 at La Factoría bar in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Nutrition:

One serving of Peligroso contains 219 calories

Alcohol content:

1.4 standard drinks
18.31% alc./vol. (18.31° proof)
19.8 grams of pure alcohol

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Frederic D.

21st January at 01:49

Like Calvin below, I also skipped the egg white, and also switched up the rum, to Goslings in my case. A very good, wintery aperitif indeed. It starts off with lime tartness and a hint of sweetness, moves through rum molasses, and ends with mild bitterness. The spices from the allspice dram, amaro, and bitters support it throughout. An excellent pre-dinner drink on this cold January evening.

Calvin Grant

19th October 2023 at 02:44

Wow. Out of light rum, used Bacardi gold; skipped the eggwhite (was out of eggs also). Simply awesome! Will be revisiting this one. Five stars and a heart!

Nathalie O'Flynn

4th February 2023 at 12:04

Just made this, very nice and extremely dangerous iindeed, when separating one of the shakers one half flew over taking evrything that was on the bar with it, including a snow globe froma brewer I was cherishing lol