Name: Brandy Flip
Total time: 2 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml Cognac (brandy); 15 ml Sugar syrup (2:1); 1 fresh Egg (white and yolk)

Brandy Flip
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Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
2 oz	Rémy Martin V.S.O.P. cognac
¹⁄₂ oz	Monin Pure Cane Syrup (65.0°brix, equivalent to 2:1 rich syrup)
1 fresh	Egg (white & yolk)

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
Prepare garnish of grated nutmeg.
SHAKE all ingredients with ice and strain back into shaker.
DRY SHAKE (without ice) to emulsify.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
Garnish with dusting of nutmeg grated over cocktail.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Egg (white & yolk) - Eggs

Review:

A serious alternative to advocaat for those without raw egg inhibitions.

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History:

A forgotten classic.

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Patrick Brady

26th December 2024 at 00:42

Really wish this was linked to other Flip recipes as a whole category. Cognac is great but Rum flips are a step somewhere else. No dry shake here?

Simon Difford

26th December 2024 at 09:13

Agreed, better with a dry shake and I've added this above. We have 5 rum flip recipes - to find them, please use our Cocktail Finder. Enter "Flip" as the key word and under spirits, select "rum all styles."

Vera Lycaon

27th April 2024 at 08:32

So simple, and yet lovely. Desserty, but not at all cloying. Truly a forgotten classic.

Chris Dimal

22nd January 2023 at 21:41

Overflowed out of my coupe glass. But it is delicious nevertheless. Fantastic dessert/nightcap cocktail.

Patrick Brady

26th December 2024 at 00:30

Use a larger coupe glass than normal. The recipe does not dictate egg size. Larger eggs may need a extra dash of brandy. I could never get a flip to fit into a Nick and Nora glass, so it doesn't seem unusual to need a slight glassware upgrade.

Asher Günther

12th December 2022 at 04:48

Extremely decedent. Maybe use a little less syrup unless you're going for a dessert in a glass to put you in a food coma. Used a pasteurised egg because that's all I've got, seemed to do the job.

Keith Jones

17th September 2022 at 08:43

Fresh egg from our chicken. Really nice. 5 *s

Christina Svensson

17th December 2021 at 19:30

Yum, my grand father called it an äggtoddy/aeggtoddy (Swedish ...) old classic, thank you for the reminder. Wil make one now but with whisky ;)

Anonymous

26th April 2021 at 19:41

I have decided I rather like flips.

J W-S

6th March 2021 at 19:57

An absolute convert to a flip. The Fumigator was a gateway - to 'use up some cherry brandy' - and this feels like going back to a true flavour. So easy to drink and impressive to serve. Delicious.