Name: Orange Custard Cocktail
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Advocaat liqueur; 30 ml Cognac (brandy); 15 ml Grand Marnier; 10 ml Vanilla sugar syrup; 6 drop Vanilla bitters

Orange Custard Cocktail
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Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
1 ¹⁄₂ oz	Advocaat liqueur
1 oz	Rémy Martin V.S.O.P. cognac
¹⁄₂ oz	Grand Marnier or other cognac orange liqueur
¹⁄₃ oz	Monin Vanilla Syrup
6 drop	Bob's Vanilla bitters

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
Prepare garnish of orange zest twist.
SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
EXPRESS orange zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Advocaat liqueur - Eggs

Hazardous Ingredients:

Recipe contains the following hazardous Ingredients:

Advocaat liqueur

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

A smooth creamy orangey dessert cocktail that is surprisingly boozy and far from overly sweet. However, be warned, it is thick and rich - just as a dessert cocktail should be.

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History:

Created in 2002 by yours truly after rediscovering advocaat on a trip to Amsterdam. This cocktail was originally an "Orange Custard Martini" - every new cocktail was a Martini in those days. Firstly, for reasons of decency, I switched Martini for Cocktail in the name, then, In January 2019, I reduced the amount of advocaat a tad, swapped the now relatively obscure Tuaca liqueur for brandy, and added the vanilla bitters. I think for the better all around.

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Nutrition:

One serving of Orange Custard Cocktail contains 257 calories

Alcohol content:

1.4 standard drinks
18.94% alc./vol. (18.94° proof)
19 grams of pure alcohol

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Jack Gordon

4th April at 20:51

Favourite advocaat centred cocktail I’ve tried to date. Very well balanced. Think I’ll be coming back to it again!

Robert Spain

25th August 2024 at 21:14

I've tried 8 advocaat cocktails from this site, an this must be the best, followed by Beach Blonde, a very different one.

Mikhail Rakovshik

7th April 2021 at 17:21

I am curious... What was the original recipe?

Simon Difford

26th August 2024 at 09:31

It was a sweet mix of 60ml (2oz) advocaat liqueur, 30ml (1oz) Tuaca, 15ml (½oz) Grand Marnier, and 7.5ml (¼oz) vanilla syrup.

Gordon

15th November 2020 at 10:48

I had to improvise a bit with this one because I didn't have any vanilla syrup or vanilla bitters. Instead, I used 15ml of Licor 43. I held off on using any bitters, tasted it and thought it was great without any. It was rich and creamy and citrusy and very boozy. I will try it with Tuaca next time. I might even try it with some marmalade instead of the Grand Marnier.

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