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Vacation Martini

Difford’s Guide
Discerning Drinkers (40)
Measurements in:
Serves:
1
Ingredients
1 1/2 fl oz Vanilla flavoured vodka
1/2 fl oz Coconut rum liqueur (35-40% alc./vol.)
1/4 fl oz Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
3/4 fl oz Pineapple juice
1/4 fl oz Egg white (pasteurised) or Fee Brothers Fee Foam cocktail foamer
1/24 fl oz Bols Blue Curaçao

How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Martini glass

Prepare

  1. Select and pre-chill a MARTINI GLASS.
  2. Prepare garnish of pineapple wedge.

Method

  1. SHAKE first 5 ingredients with ice and strain back into the shaker.
  2. DRY SHAKE (without ice) to emulsify.
  3. FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
  4. POUR the liqueur into the centre of the cocktail. It should sink to create a blue base and leave a blue spot in the centre of the cocktail's frothy head.

Garnish

  1. Garnish with pineapple wedge on rim.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Strength 5/10
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Sweet to sour 6/10

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Vacation Martini contains 149 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1.3 standard drinks
  • 17.79% alc./vol. (35.57° proof)
  • 18.8 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

  • Egg white (pasteurised) — Eggs
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History

My 2003 adaptation of the then signature cocktail at the MercBar on Mercer Steet in Manhattan, New York City.

Review

A great-looking holiday (Tiki-style) cocktail with vanilla, coconut and pineapple.

Variations/similar cocktails

This cocktail can be finished with your choice of different coloured and flavoured liqueurs. For example, substitute blue curaçao (blue) for melon liqueur (green) or a berry liqueur such as cassis (red).

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Comments & Discussion

Matthew Kimble
It scores high visually, but then it falls a bit flat. I used Mrs Better’s for the foam instead of the egg white and maybe that didn’t help, it didn’t have much body and just tasted a bit lacklustre.
score: 2
Simon Difford Verified User Premium Member
Taste a drop of Mrs Better's foamer neat. A few drops of bitters impact a cocktail, and so do such foamers.
score: 0
Simon Sedgley Premium Member
For us, this drink has no bridge from the first, quite lackluster and austere, sips to the very enjoyable finale of the Curacao. So we switched in light white rum for the vodka and added 10ml Falernum. An improvement for us but we might revisit the vodka and search for an added liqueur as a bridge and to complement the coconut. A very pretty drink.
score: 0
Simon Sedgley Premium Member
The addition of 15ml Davo Plum Aperitivo Bitters to the original vodka-based recipe worked a treat for us.
score: 0
Sally Morgan Premium Member
Pretty and fruity - what’s not to like?
score: 1