Name: Velvet Hammer
Prep time: 2 min
Total time: 2 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 30 ml Vodka; 22.5 ml Triple sec liqueur (40%); 22.5 ml Crème de cacao liqueur (white); 22.5 ml Single cream / half-and-half; 22.5 ml Milk (whole milk/full 3-4% fat); 7.5 ml Grenadine/pomegranate syrup

Serve in a

Martini glass

Garnish:

Dust with grated nutmeg

How to make:

SHAKE all ingredients with ice and fine strain into chilled glass.

1 fl oz	Ketel One Vodka
3/4 fl oz	Triple sec liqueur (40%)
3/4 fl oz	Dutch Cacao white crème de cacao
3/4 fl oz	Single cream / half-and-half
3/4 fl oz	Milk (whole milk/full 3-4% fat)
1/4 fl oz	Grenadine/pomegranate syrup (2:1)
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Review:

Lots of velvet with a little bit of hammer courtesy of a shot of vodka.

Variant:

With apricot brandy and coffee liqueur in place of cacao and grenadine.

Nutrition:

One serving of Velvet Hammer contains 239 calories.

Alcohol content:

1.5 standard drinks
16.7% alc./vol. (33.4° proof)
21.3 grams of pure alcohol

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