Name: The Dandy
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 50 ml Cognac (brandy); 10 ml Bénédictine D.O.M.; 7.5 ml Maraschino liqueur; 45 ml Brut sparkling wine

The Dandy
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Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
1 ²⁄₃ oz	Rémy Martin V.S.O.P. cognac
¹⁄₃ oz	Bénédictine D.O.M. liqueur
¹⁄₄ oz	Luxardo Maraschino liqueur
1 ¹⁄₂ oz	Brut champagne/sparkling wine

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Garnish: Seasonal berries

How to make:

STIR first 3 ingredients with ice and strain into chilled glass. TOP with sparkling wine.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Brut champagne/sparkling wine - Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

Bénédictine adds both saffron flavour and vivid yellow colour to this cognac based cocktail with maraschino contributing fruity notes. Champagne dries and provides effervescence and body to this well-balanced cocktail.

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History:

Adapted from a recipe discovered in 2014 at Hawksmoor Spitalfields in London, England. In turn, this apparently comes from a punch served at New York's Waldorf-Astoria in the 1930s.

Alcohol content:

1.8 standard drinks
22.26% alc./vol. (22.26° proof)
25 grams of pure alcohol

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Avery Garnett

26th June 2023 at 17:36

This strikes me as a drink which requires pinpoint balance - I went a little over, maybe 12ml of maraschino, and it was almost all I could taste

Avery Garnett

14th October 2024 at 16:24

Coming back to it a year later, being very precise with my measurements...it's just really not good. At least now it's not just a maraschino bomb, but it's all around mediocre. Reminds me a lot of a martini, weirdly.

John Hinojos

4th November 2022 at 03:08

What a marvelous after-dinner drink. The herbal hints from the Benedictine along with the maraschino enhance the cognac. The prosecco enlivens the cocktail.

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