Diable à Quattre

Name: Diable à Quattre
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 30 ml Cognac (brandy); 20 ml Batavia arrack; 20 ml Bénédictine D.O.M.; 20 ml White crème de cacao; 2 drop Saline solution 4:1

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Ingredients
1 fl oz	Cognac (brandy)
²⁄₃ fl oz	Batavia Arrack van Oosten
²⁄₃ fl oz	Bénédictine D.O.M. liqueur
²⁄₃ fl oz	Giffard White Crème de Cacao Liqueur
2 drop	Saline solution (20g sea salt to 80g water) or merest pinch of s

How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Coupe glass

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
No garnish to prepare.

Method

STIR all ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

Serve naked, without garnish.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Diable à Quattre contains 249 calories

Alcohol content:

2 standard drinks
30.6% alc./vol. (61.21° proof)
27.6 grams of pure alcohol

History

Adapted from a recipe in Elvezio Grassi's 1936 book Mille Misture which was introduced to us by J. E. Clapham of Clapham Cocktails.

Diable à Quattre (Classico).
Versate in un calice piccolo a flute:
25% Arak di Batavia
25% Crema di Cacao
25% Bénédictine
25% Cognac Vecchio.
Servite.
Elvezio Grassi, Mille Misture, 1936

Review

The original, 1936 recipe is perhaps a tad full-on and sweet when served straight-up, so some may prefer the added dilution that comes with serving on the rocks.

Batavia Arrack van Oosten 750ml - makes 37 cocktails
$74.99 $2.03 per cocktail Batavia Arrack van Oosten image

Benedictine D.O.M. 750ml - makes 37 cocktails
$37.99 $1.03 per cocktail Benedictine D.O.M. image

Giffard White Crème de Cacao Liqueur 750ml - makes 37 cocktails
$31.99 $0.86 per cocktail

Giffard White Crème de Cacao Liqueur image

$3.92 per cocktail*

Makes a minimum of 37 cocktails.
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