Hemingway Breakfast Cocktail Recipe

Ingredients
1/12 fl oz	La Fée Parisienne absinthe
1 2/3 fl oz	Light white rum (charcoal-filtered 1-4 years old)
2/3 fl oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
1/3 fl oz	Falernum liqueur
¹⁄₂ barspoon	Orange marmalade
3 dash	Angostura Aromatic Bitters

Ingredients

1/12 fl oz

La Fée Parisienne absinthe

1 2/3 fl oz

Light white rum (charcoal-filtered 1-4 years old)

2/3 fl oz

Lime juice (freshly squeezed)

1/3 fl oz

Falernum liqueur

¹⁄₂ barspoon

Orange marmalade

3 dash

Angostura Aromatic Bitters

How to make

Glassware

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.

Prepare garnish of dehydrated orange slice and pineapple wedge or leaves.

Method

RINSE glass with absinthe and discard excess.

SHAKE other ingredients with ice.

FINE STRAIN into absinthe-rinsed glass.

Garnish

Garnish with dehydrated orange slice and pineapple wedge/leaves.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Alcohol content:

We don't have enough information to calculate the alc./vol., but based on known ingredients, this recipe contains at least:

18.3 grams of pure alcohol

History

Originally based on Bacardi Carta Blanca rum, Hemingway Breakfast won the Latvian Bacardí Legacy 2016 and was created by Eduards Trofimčuks at Olympic Casinoin Jelgava.

My aim was to prepare something as good and as simple as the Original Bacardí Daiquiri; to make a cocktail from simple ingredients that you can get at your local store. It has to be fresh, balanced, aromatic, unique and very easy to prepare.

Eduards Trofimčuks, 2016

Review

Basically, a bitter orange and clove Daiquiri. We found this recipe really sung when we added a splash of water for some extra dilution and half a bar spoon of sugar - perhaps our No Peel Orange Marmalade from Wilkin & Sons was a tad on the sour side - or even our limes. Anyway, once balance adjusted this particular "Breakfast" was very tasty.

Comments & Discussion

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Loz Horner 32w

Liked this a lot (and we don’t always love Daiquiris!) we added a little bit of sugar syrup and it made the whole nicely balanced between the orange, aniseed, cloves and spices and lime. Can easily imagine Ernest sipping one of these on his Key West Verandah.

Calvin Grant Premium Member 49w

Indeed this is verrry tasty! I did add half a spoon each of water and rich syrup and the Bacardi Superior was 80°. The absinthe plus falernum plus generous Angostura Aromatic really make this unique. Oh, and I didn't rinse the glass, just added the absinthe. ☆☆☆☆☆♥︎

Florian Ruf Premium Member 1y

Today with Frank Coopers Oxford marmalade which worked perfect. I strongly suggest a sprayer (cheap and reliable a.e. on amazon) for the empty glass and the ready drink.

jason keane 2y

This is one of the greats. However I was out of falernum… so I used a splash of cinnamon syrup and a splash of pimento dram. Next level. Awesome.

Florian Ruf Premium Member 4y

I followed Simons suggestion and added 1 cl sugar syrup. With my marmalade Wikin & Sons "Old Times" raising the marmalade and reducing the bitters would be worth a try. Maybe using Angostura Orange Bitters could give a nice twist?

John Hinojos Premium Member 4y

Being both an absinthe and a rum lover this was perfect for a Brunch. Since I am not overly fond of light rums, did mix the light with a gold overproof rum. Everything works perfectly in the cocktail. Nicely sour, but not noticeably.

Brian Flanagan 5y

Fantastically balanced cocktail, with the absinthe adding a nice complexity. I had to go quite a bit heavier on the Orange Marmalade to get what I would consider a balanced taste though. As is my custom when trying a new recipe, I made a double and drank the first glass exactly as-is. It was very good, but thought it tasted a bit rough around the edges - so I added an additional serving of orange marmalade to the remainder. That balanced it nicely.

Mark Shah 5y

Even though I have Bacardi Carta Blanca light rum in my ingredients, the recipe in the You Can Make section says I don't (it's in red with an x)

Simon Difford Verified User Premium Member 5y

Frustratingly, the same is true of all Baradi Legacy cocktails as I had to hardcode Bacardi as the ingredient rather than allow other rums to display depending on what you have in Your ingredients. This is only the case with Bacardi Legacy cocktails.