Peligroso

Difford’s Guide
Discerning Drinkers (40 ratings)

Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
1 12 oz Light white rum (charcoal-filtered 1-4 years old)
12 oz Strucchi Red Bitter (Campari-style liqueur)
12 oz Amaro (e.g. Averna)
14 oz Monin Pure Cane Syrup (65.0°brix, equivalent to 2:1 rich syrup)
0.08 oz St. Elizabeth Allspice Dram liqueur
12 oz Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
2 dash Angostura Aromatic Bitters
14 oz Egg white (pasteurised) or 3 dashes Fee Brothers Fee Foam cocktail foamer or Aquafaba or Vegan egg white alternative
2 drop Saline solution 4:1 (20g sea salt to 80g water)
× 1 1 serving
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How to make:

  1. Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
  2. Prepare garnish of lime wedge.
  3. SHAKE all ingredients with ice and strain back into shaker.
  4. DRY SHAKE (without ice).
  5. FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
  6. Garnish with lime wedge.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

  • Egg white (pasteurised) - Eggs

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Strength 6/10
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Sweet to sour 7/10

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.’s Avatar 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’s Avatar 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’s Avatar 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
Jim Bauch’s Avatar Jim Bauch
2nd March 2022 at 05:22
Doesn't the dry shake usually come first, to integrate the egg, and then the shake with ice to chill it? Why the reversal here?
Simon Difford’s Avatar Simon Difford
2nd March 2022 at 12:50
I've added a link to "dry shake" above which will take you to a page explaining all.