Name: The Dante
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 40 ml Blanco tequila; 10 ml Chartreuse Green; 10 ml Kummel liqueur; 10 ml Sugar syrup (2:1); 20 ml Lime juice

The Dante
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Ingredients:
1 ¹⁄₃ oz	Patrón Silver blanco tequila
¹⁄₃ oz	Green Chartreuse (or alternative herbal liqueur)
¹⁄₃ oz	Kummel liqueur
¹⁄₃ oz	Monin Pure Cane Syrup (65.0°brix, equivalent to 2:1 rich syrup)
²⁄₃ oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
Prepare garnish of basil leaf.
SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
Garnish with basil leaf boat floated on cocktail.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

Citrusy fresh and herbaceous, particularly caraway from the Kummel, with tequila providing the backbone.

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Variant:

Mezcal Dante

History:

Adapted from a recipe created in 2018 by Dan Garnell at Happiness Forgets, London, England.

Nutrition:

One serving of The Dante contains 186 calories

Alcohol content:

1.3 standard drinks
20.67% alc./vol. (20.67° proof)
18.6 grams of pure alcohol

Difford’s Guide remains free-to-use thanks to the support of the brands in green above. Values stated for alcohol and calorie content, and number of drinks an ingredient makes should be considered approximate.

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Florian Ruf

13th May at 16:04

Today I wondered whether it’s a good idea to shake some basil leaves with the cocktail.

Simon Difford

13th May at 16:43

Due to the garnish, it seems an idea worth trying.

Howard Griffin

14th November 2023 at 23:12

The Combier kümmel is excellent and stands up well to the tequila.

Chris VanDoren

15th June 2023 at 03:45

Had anyone else tried Golden Moon kummel, made in the US? They're isn't much kummel flavor on the cocktail so I'm wondering if my kummel is weaker treating than the traditional ones.

Simon Difford

16th June 2023 at 11:59

Sorry, Chris, I've not sampled Golden Moon Kummel. However, kummel is usually fairly intense in flavour.

Steve Goodman

6th May 2023 at 21:32

We made the data back to back with the Azalea Margarita. I used Pomegranate Molasses for the Azalea. I forgot to clean the measure before I started making the Dante so we ended up with a "rinse" of pomegranate molasses in the Dante. The result more in depth flavor and a "suspended" molasses cloud in the Dante. Very cool.

Ignacy Szczupal

10th April 2023 at 19:16

Very delicate, a little buttery flavour with a finish in herb and lime tones. It is better to go for a better tequila here, such as the one suggested in the recipe, because the spicy basic Mexican vodka will dominate the whole cocktail.

Florian Ruf

13th June 2022 at 19:48

Perfect cocktail. I used "Lehment Rostocker Doppelkümmel", a ideal product for cocktails. Nice caraway taste but not overwhelming and not too sweet, So the cocktail was perfectly balanced.

Dan Casselman

3rd June 2022 at 23:08

I to subbed agave for sugar syrup and Danish Akvavit for Kümmel. This is a good cocktail, not great, good. I like the Chartreuese and Akvavit with the tequila combo, the balance seems right. (4 of 8 of “Her Maj’s” Difford cocktails for the Jubilee. Don't think I will make it to the end today)

J Bo

19th March 2022 at 20:28

We loved this. Deliciously tangy and right up my tequila / chartreuse street. I subbed agave syrup, as usual, and Goldschlaeger for Kuemmel this time, but I will definitely order a bottle of Kuemmel to try out the original.

Matthew French

12th March 2022 at 22:13

As I had just purchased some Kummel (Mentzandorf) I was drawn to this 5+ star cocktail only to realise I'd used the last of my Blanco Tequila making a Blood Orange Tequila (highly recommended), so what to use as an alternative. Mezcal seemed obvious but I had also recently purchased a couple of bottles of Raicilla and decided to experiment with that. I chose La Venenosa Sierra Volcanes de Jalisco- the inferno link seemed fated. Wow, just wow! I will have to go back to the original, but WOW!

Simon Difford

8th April 2022 at 08:55

I didn't have Raicilla to hand so tried your suggestion of mezcal. Delicious! so much so that I've added a Mezcal Dante page. Please see the link under "Vaiaratons" above. Many thanks, Matthew.

[deleted user]

7th March 2022 at 20:31

One of the finest cocktails in the world. Herbal, powerful, complex, intense. I added a further 10m of Mescal. But then I would.

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