Alexander The Great
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Alexander The Great
Serve in a Coupe glass
| 1 1⁄2 oz | Ketel One Vodka |
| 1⁄2 oz | Galliano Espresso Coffee liqueur |
| 1⁄2 oz | White crème de cacao liqueur |
| 3⁄4 oz | Single cream/half-and-half |
| 1⁄4 oz | Egg white (pasteurised) or 3 dashes Fee Brothers Fee Foam cocktail foamer or Aquafaba (chickpea water) or Vegan egg white replacement optional |
How to make:
- Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
- Prepare garnish of grated nutmeg.
- SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
- FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
- Garnish with dusting of nutmeg grated over cocktail.
Allergens:
Recipe contains the following allergens:
Strength & taste guide:
No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Review:
A creamy combination of vodka-laced coffee and chocolate. (The optional egg white adds body but there's no need to dry shake.)
Variant:
History:
Adapted from a recipe in Lucius Beebe's 1946 The Stork Club Bar Book. where this cocktail is described as "An improvement, as some may think, on the conventional Alexander cocktail," and is credited to a bartender called Nelson Eddy.
An improvement, as some may think, on the conventional Alexander cocktail is the brainstorm child of Nelson Eddy and he calls it "Alexander the Great".
Lucius Beebe, The Stork Club Bar Book, 1946
Alexander The Great:
½ oz. crème de cacao
½ oz. coffee liqueur
½ oz. fresh cream.
1½ oz. vodka
Shake until cold as Siberia. Watch your Steppes, because more than three of these gives the consumer a wolfish appetite.
The more conventional Alexander is as follows:
Alexander:
1½ oz. gin
¾ oz. crème de cacao
½ oz. fresh cream
Shake and serve in 4 0z. wine glass.
Nutrition:
One serving of Alexander The Great contains 236 calories
Alcohol content:
- 1.4 standard drinks
- 18.38% alc./vol. (18.38° proof)
- 19.3 grams of pure alcohol
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Wish I could find Dutch white cacao in the UK.....
My wife loves this.