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Dream Cocktail

Name: Dream Cocktail
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Cognac (brandy); 20 ml Orange Curaçao; 1 dash Absinthe; 2.5 ml Sugar syrup 'rich' (2:1); 15 ml Egg white (pasteurised)

Difford’s Guide

Discerning Drinkers (18)

Measurements in:

Serves:

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Ingredients
1 ¹⁄₂ fl oz	Cognac (brandy)
²⁄₃ fl oz	Ferrand Dry Curaçao liqueur
1 dash	La Fée Parisienne absinthe
¹⁄₁₂ fl oz	Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water) 65.0°Brix (optional)
¹⁄₂ fl oz	Egg white (pasteurised) or 3 dash Fee Brothers Fee Foam cocktail foamer (optional)

How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Coupe glass

Prepare

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

Method

SHAKE all ingredients with ice and strain back into shaker.
DRY SHAKE (without ice).
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

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

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Dream Cocktail contains 184 calories

Alcohol content:

1.5 standard drinks
23.28% alc./vol. (46.55° proof)
20.7 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Egg white (pasteurised) — Eggs

History

Adapted from a recipe in Harry Craddock's 1930 The Savoy Cocktail Book.

DREAM COCKTAIL.
1/3 Curaçao.
2/3 Brandy.
1 Dash Absinthe.
Shake well and strain into cocktail glass.
Harry Craddock, The Savoy Cocktail Book, 1930

Review

An after-dinner cocktail with brandy, orange liqueur, and a refreshing burst of absinthe.

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Comments & Discussion

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Louise Allen 2y

My goodness this is delicious. It comes across as anise with apple caramel. Dangerous but in a very good way.

John Hinojos Premium Member 4y

What a great after-dinner drink. We left out the additional sugar syrup and egg white (not a fan). It was wonderful. Good blend of Cognac and orange with just the hint of absinthe.

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