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Creole Contentment

Name: Creole Contentment
Total time: 2 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Cognac (brandy); 30 ml Sercial (dry) Madeira wine; 7.5 ml Maraschino liqueur; 1 dash Orange bitters; 15 ml Chilled water

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Ingredients
1 1/2 fl oz	Cognac (brandy)
1 fl oz	Sercial (dry) Madeira wine
1/4 fl oz	Luxardo Maraschino liqueur
1 dash	Orange Bitters by Angostura
1/2 fl oz	Chilled water/mineral water

How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Coupe glass

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
Prepare garnish of Luxardo Maraschino Cherry.

Method

STIR all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

Garnish with maraschino cherry.

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Creole Contentment contains 161 calories

Alcohol content:

1.5 standard drinks
21.08% alc./vol. (42.16° proof)
20.7 grams of pure alcohol

History

Adapted from Charles H. Baker's 1939 The Gentlemen's Companion .

CREOLE CONTENTMENT, an INSIDIOUS PLEASANTRY from the CHARMING-HOT-BED of INTRIGUE & CULTURE which is the PULSE of the GREAT DELTA COUNTRY – NEW ORLEANS.

This hazard and liability to consistent maidenhood came to our desk through office of a friend whose father once was Episcopal Bishop of Washington, and who writes books about pirates. Don't treat this one lightly, mes amis. . . .

Of Cognac, Madeira wine and maraschino, take 1 pony; turn this into a bar glass with ice; toss in 1 dash of orange bitters, stir well, pour into a big Manhattan glass or saucer type champagne, and garnish with 3 maraschino cherries; red, green and white... Our personal experience is that it is better to cut the maraschino down by half, stepping up the cognac in that ratio. The business of the 3 cherries, while no doubt a pretty and chivalrous gesture of the feminine victim is, of course, sheerest swank. It is a good drink and needs a little trimming.
Charles H. Baker, 1939

More cocktails by Charles H Baker

Review

If using a sweeter Madeira such as Verdelho/Rainwater (medium dry) or Bual (medium sweet) you'll need to adjust this finely balanced cocktail. Even Baker himself says it "needs a little trimming". However, dry Sercial Madeira works best to produce a finely balanced complex cocktail.

Luxardo Maraschino liqueur 375ml - makes 50 cocktails
$32.99 $0.66 per cocktail Luxardo Maraschino liqueur image

Angostura Orange Bitters 120ml - makes 384 cocktails
$13.99 $0.04 per cocktail Angostura Orange Bitters image

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Makes a minimum of 50 cocktails.
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Tuber Magnatum Premium Member 1y

Very nice drink. I only had what I suspect corresponds to a rainwater style Madeira (Casa dos Vinhos Madeira, Fine Old Madeira, 5 year old, oak cask aged) but I didn't find the sweetness overpowering or unbalanced. Aside from the usual dried fruit, there was a lovely caramel note. Can't wait to try this with the prescribed drier Sercial Madeira!

John Hinojos Premium Member 4y

What a wonderful aperitif. We were looking for a new cocktail for Mardi Gras as we have all the traditional Mardi Gras cocktails a lot. This caught my eye with the use of Creole.
Perfectly balanced. Sweet enough to be flavourful. Wonderful way to start our Mardi Gras dinner with homemade chicken liver pate and some other appertisers.