Name: Orange Whip
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 90 ml Orange juice; 20 ml Light gold rum 1-3yo; 20 ml Vodka; 20 ml Orange Curaçao; 10 ml Sugar syrup (2:1); 30 ml Cream; 1&frasl;4 barspoon Xanthan gum (E415)

Orange Whip
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Serve in a Collins glass

Ingredients:
3 oz	Orange juice (freshly squeezed)
²⁄₃ oz	Light gold rum (1-3 year old molasses column)
²⁄₃ oz	Ketel One Vodka
²⁄₃ oz	Orange Curaçao liqueur
¹⁄₃ oz	Monin Pure Cane Syrup (65.0°brix, equivalent to 2:1 rich syrup)
1 oz	Single cream/half-and-half
¹⁄₄ barspoon	Xanthan gum (E415)

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Collins glass.
Prepare garnish of orange slice wheel.
DRY BLEND (without ice) first 6 ingredients on slow setting and gradually add Xanthan gum while continuing to blend.
Add 7oz scoop of crushed ice and BLEND some more.
POUR into chilled glass.
Garnish with orange slice on rim.
Serve with a straw.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Single cream/half-and-half - Dairy

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

A rum and vodka-laced orange creamsicle.

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History:

A 1970s cocktail that became popular after featuring in The Blues Brothers film, released in 1980. In the film, a paroled convict, Jake Blues (John Belushi) and his brother Elwood (Dan Aykroyd) are about to appear on stage for their concert to raise funds to prevent the foreclosure of the Roman Catholic orphanage they grew up in. "A mission from God." Tension builds as the venue is surrounded by police who look set to arrest the brothers before the concert begins. However, Jake's parole officer, Detective Burton Mercer (John Candy), is keen to see the concert before arresting Jake, so makes himself comfortable at a table, ordering drinks for himself and two uniformed state troopers sat with him, "Who wants an orange whip? Orange whip? Orange whip? Three orange whips!"

Alcohol content:

1.6 standard drinks
11.48% alc./vol. (11.48° proof)
21.8 grams of pure alcohol

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Simon Sedgley

5th April at 11:59

So much fun...who could possibly resist? We used cane instead of sugar syrup, to complement the rum.

Paul MATEJCEK

21st March at 20:43

¼ barspoon of xanthan gum?
If you are lucky enough, like me, to own an Easy Jigger, and the author was referring to an 'American barspoon,' then you can measure 1/24 ounce.

If a Barspoon = 5 ml
then ¼ Barspoon = 1.25 ml = 0.042 oz (approx 1/24 oz)

If a Barspoon = 2.5 ml
then ¼ Barspoon = 0.625 ml = 0.0211 oz (approx 1/48 oz)

If a Barspoon = 2.4 ml = 1/8 oz
then ¼ Barspoon = 0.6 ml = 0.02 oz (approx 1/50 oz)

J Bo

15th March at 18:50

I made this using Mount Gay rum and Cointreau. I love the rum and sour/sweet orange notes. I was pleased to find a use for my tub of xantham gum! It is a truly delicious cocktail and I will gladly add it to my repertoire.

Cynthia Horen

14th March at 18:57

OMG. However did I miss this? The Dreamsicle was my favorite frozen treat as a kid. I'd been making cocktail versions, the simplest being a screwdriver with added Licor 43 (vanilla) and cream... But whirling this up--fluffed with the texture of xanthan gum--creates perfection. Thanks!

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