Name: Peligroso
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Rum - White (charcoal-filtered) 1-3 year old light; 15 ml Campari or other red bitter liqueur; 15 ml Amaro - Averna; 7.5 ml Sugar syrup (rich) 2 sugar to 1 water; 2.5 ml Pimento dram liqueur; 15 ml Lime juice (freshly squeezed); 2 Angostura or other aromatic bitters; 7.5 ml Pasteurised egg white; 2 Saline solution

Serve in a

Coupe glass

Garnish:

Lime wedge on rim

How to make:

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

1 1/2 fl oz	Bacardi Carta Blanca light rum
1/2 fl oz	Italian red bitter liqueur
1/2 fl oz	Averna Amaro
1/4 fl oz	Sugar syrup (65.0°brix, 2 sugar to 1 water rich syrup)
1/12 fl oz	Pimento dram liqueur
1/2 fl oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
2 dash	Angostura Aromatic Bitters
1/4 fl oz	Pasteurised egg white
2 drop	Difford's Saline Solution (or ½ pinch salt)
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Bacardi Carta Blanca light rum, 70cl

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Review:

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

Gentle

Boozy

Sweet

Dry/sour

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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 190 calories.

Alcohol content:

1.2 standard drinks
16.14% alc./vol. (32.28° proof)
17.5 grams of pure alcohol

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