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St. Moritzino

Name: St. Moritzino
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 30 ml Vodka; 30 ml Triple sec; 10 ml Orgeat syrup; 30 ml Lemon juice

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Ingredients
1 fl oz	Ketel One Vodka
1 fl oz	Cointreau L'Unique triple sec liqueur
¹⁄₃ fl oz	Monin Almond (Orgeat) Syrup
1 fl oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)

How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Coupe glass

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist.

Method

SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

EXPRESS lemon zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of St. Moritzino contains 171 calories

Alcohol content:

1.4 standard drinks
17.65% alc./vol. (35.29° proof)
18.9 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Orgeat (almond) sugar syrup (2:1) — Nuts

History

Adapted from a recipe created by Mario Da Como at The Renaissance Bar, Badrutt's Palace Hotel, St. Moritz, Switzerland where he worked as head bartender from December 1963 to April 2008 (44 years 5 months).

The original version of this drink, the San Moritzino Cocktail was first made by Mario in 1972 when Andrea Badrutt, the hotel's Director, received a "noble rum" from South Africa as a gift. Unable to sell it due to the embargo in place at the time, Mario mixed the rum with Cointreau, fresh lime and orzata (orgeat syrup) to create the first version of what would become the hotel's signature cocktail.

As vodka became fashionable so the rum based San Moritzino morphed into the St. Moritzino which remains the hotel's signature cocktail to this day.

Review

Vodka laced with sour lemon juice balancing rich almond syrup to make a candy-like cocktail.

Ketel One Vodka 750ml - makes 25 cocktails
$19.99 $0.80 per cocktail Ketel One Vodka image

Cointreau L'Unique 375ml - makes 12.5 cocktails
$21.99 $1.76 per cocktail Cointreau L'Unique image

Monin Almond (Orgeat) Syrup (US) 750ml - makes 75 cocktails
$14.99 $0.20 per cocktail

$2.76 per cocktail*

Makes a minimum of 12.5 cocktails.
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Comments & Discussion

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Jonathan Bonsey 1y

It’s my first foray into the use of orgeat. It is a tad sweet but a little boost of the lemon would resolve that. I found it balanced and enjoyed the vodka x triple sec x lemon interaction . The orgeat pulls it together with the fragrant mouthfeel. I will make it again.

Gordon Roberts 1y

Very nice; the orange, almond and lemon work well together. I find it a bit sweet, but my companion wants another!

Mary Bellamy 3y

Sweeter than I would normally like, though it's an almond-y sweetness, which is a little more unusual. Other than the orgeat, it's a good way to use up basic bar supplies. I'd probably make this for friends who want to start exploring cocktails but aren't ready to get wild with bitters and liqueurs yet.

Adi Shavit 4y

Very nice, though a bit too sweet for me.

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