Name: Blue Paradise
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml Cognac (brandy); 22.5 ml Red quinquina e.g. Dubonnet, Byrrh; 7.5 ml Parfait amour liqueur; 1 swath Lemon peel

Blue Paradise
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Photographed in a Retro Coupe

Ingredients:
2 oz	Cognac (brandy)
³⁄₄ oz	Dubonnet, Byrrh etc. rouge light quinquina
¹⁄₄ oz	Giffard Parfait Amour liqueur
1 swath	Lemon peel

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Prepare:

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist.

How to make:

REGAL STIR all ingredients (including lemon zest) with ice.
STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish:

EXPRESS lemon zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

This is a hero cocktail for parfait amour and one of those cocktails where the bitter and aromatic oils from the lemon zest twist is crucial to the balance and overall success of the cocktail, hence my use of a Regal stir in addition to the twist.

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History:

Adapted from a recipe created by Emil Bauwens, head barman at the Bar Saint-James in Brussels, Belgium, and recorded in his 1949 book, Livre de Cocktails."

Blue Paradise cocktail
1 Zest Citron -
4 Traits Parfait Amour -
2/3 Cognac -
1/3 Dubnnet -
Emil Bauwens, Livre de Cocktails, 1949

This vintage cocktail was rescued from obscurity thanks to its inclusion in Ted "Dr. Cocktail" Haigh's Vintage Spirits and Forgotten Cocktails.

Difford’s Guide remains free-to-use thanks to the support of the brands in green above. Values stated for alcohol and calorie content, and number of drinks an ingredient makes should be considered approximate.

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Caspian Berggren

19th October at 16:08

I didn't read the description beforehand but it's completely right – this *does* showcase Parfait Amour in a way I've never experienced before. I thought it would be a lot drier than it was. Surprisingly balanced, and I agree that the freshness from citrus is absolutely essential to avoid this from becoming too heavy.

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