Name: Maria Mole
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 50 ml Spanish brandy; 40 ml Bianco/blanco vermouth

Maria Mole
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Photographed in an UB Ginza Old Fashioned 10.5oz

Ingredients:
1 ²⁄₃ oz	Spanish brandy
1 ¹⁄₃ oz	Strucchi Bianco Vermouth

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill an Old-fashioned glass.
Prepare garnish of orange zest twist.
STIR all ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into ice-filled glass (preferably a large cube or chunk of block ice).
EXPRESS orange zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Bianco/blanc/blanco vermouth - Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

Strength & taste guide:

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Dry/sour

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Review:

Sweet (bianco) vermouth mellows and flavours the brandy in this simple, yet tasty, two-ingredient cocktail. The orange zest twist is essential, so shouldn't be overlooked.

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History:

A cocktail that emerged and became popular throughout Brazil in the 1980s, originally based on a local sweetened and flavoured sugar distillate branded "Dreher," often referred to as "Brazilian Cognac." Maria Mole is also the name of a traditional Brazilian dessert that's similar to marshmallow, and, like the dessert, is also the term for something that is soft or amorphous. The mellowing effect of the vermouth on the spirit likely led to this cocktail's name.

Nutrition:

One serving of Maria Mole contains 170 calories

Alcohol content:

1.4 standard drinks
22.22% alc./vol. (22.22° proof)
20 grams of pure alcohol

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Simon Sedgley

24th May at 08:04

We love these two-ingredient cocktails. With this one, we indulged in a tasting session. For the Bianco Vermouth we stuck with Pedro & Co. For the brandy, we went, in order, with Soberano (Spanish), Metaxa 7 Years (Greek) and Martell VS (French). For us, the Metaxa won, hands down. And the Martell was a long last (too austere and sharp). Given that Brazil was a Portuguese colony, we see no compelling reason to go with a Spanish brandy.

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