Name: Eye-opener
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Rum - Light gold (1-3 year old molasses column); 5 ml Orange Curaçao liqueur; 5 ml Crème de noyau liqueur; 5 ml Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water, 65.0°Brix); 2 Absinthe verte (green); 1 Egg yolk

Serve in a

Coupe glass

Garnish:

Orange zest twist

How to make:

SHAKE and strain all ingredients with ice and fine strain into chilled glass.

1 1/2 fl oz	Light gold rum (1-3 year old molasses column)
1/6 fl oz	Orange Curaçao liqueur
1/6 fl oz	Crème de noyau liqueur
1/6 fl oz	Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water, 65.0°Brix)
2 dash	La Fée Parisienne absinthe
1 fresh	Egg yolk
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Hazardous ingredients

Egg yolk is potentially hazardous to those with allergy or intolerance.

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Review:

Resembling watery orange custard, this cocktail is surprisingly silky and suited to after-dinner.

History:

Adapted from a recipe in Harry Craddock's 1930 The Savoy Cocktail Book.

EYE-OPENER COCKTAIL.
The Yolk of 1 Fresh Egg.
1 Teaspoon Powdered Sugar.
2 Dashes Absinthe.
2 Dashes Curaçao.
2 Dashes Crème de Noyau.
1 Liqueur Glass Rum.
Shake well and strain into cocktail glass.
Harry Craddock, 1930

Alcohol content:

1.3 standard drinks
29.17% alc./vol. (58.34° proof)
17.7 grams of pure alcohol

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