Cherry Alexander

Difford’s Guide
Discerning Drinkers (35 ratings)

Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
1 oz Absolut Vanilia Vodka
12 oz Heering Cherry Liqueur
12 oz Dutch Cacao white crème de cacao
1 oz Single cream/half-and-half
13 oz Egg white (pasteurised) or Aquafaba (chickpea water) or 3 dashes Fee Brothers Fee Foam cocktail foamer optional
× 1 1 serving
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How to make:

  1. Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
  2. Prepare garnish of Luxardo Maraschino Cherry.
  3. SHAKE all ingredients with ice and strain back into shaker.
  4. DRY SHAKE (without ice).
  5. FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
  6. Garnish with maraschino cherry.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

  • Single cream/half-and-half - Dairy
  • Egg white (pasteurised) - Eggs

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Strength 5/10
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Sweet to sour 5/10

Review:

A rich Black Forest Gateau-like fruity twist on the creamy classic gin-based Alexander and the popular Brandy Alexander.

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Variant:

Alexander

History:

Created by Wayne Collins for Maxxium UK.

Nutrition:

One serving of Cherry Alexander contains 222 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1 standard drinks
  • 13.68% alc./vol. (13.68° proof)
  • 13.7 grams of pure alcohol

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Cardinal Zin’s Avatar Cardinal Zin
14th November 2022 at 10:14
There’s no egg white in the list of ingredients, so wondering if DRY SHAKING should be removed from the instructions, or is it egg white that should be added to the ingredients?
Simon Difford’s Avatar Simon Difford
14th November 2022 at 18:07
Better with some egg white, I've added above.