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Angel's Share No.1

Difford’s Guide
Discerning Drinkers (68)
Measurements in:
Serves:
1
Ingredients
1 barspoon Orange marmalade
2 fl oz Cognac (brandy)
1/4 fl oz Licor 43 Original liqueur
1/2 fl oz Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
1/4 fl oz Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water) 65.0°Brix

Garnish: Orange zest twist

How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Martini glass

Method:

STIR heaped spoon of orange marmalade with cognac in base of shaker until marmalade dissolves. Add other ingredients, SHAKE with ice and fine strain into chilled glass.

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:

  • 20.8 grams of pure alcohol
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History

Created in 2005 by Milo Rodriguez, London.

Review

Tangy citrus fruit and cognac smoothed with a hint of vanilla.

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Comments & Discussion

Chris Brislawn
Replaced the sugar syrup by cognac-based orange liqueur, then threw a lemon zest in the shaker ("regal shake") and garnished with lemon zest instead of orange to tame the sweetness a bit and balance the citrus flavors. Excellent!
score: 1
Simon Sedgley Premium Member
We only had store-bought marmalade so substituted our own apricot jam. We also dialled back the sugar syrup to 2.5ml. Delicious but probably a different cocktail. Come autumn we'll make marmalade and try this again.
score: 0
Peter M Premium Member
Delicious, dessert-like drink. The brandy adds some interest to the flavor profile, and the orange+vanilla are very nice. Can't really taste the lemon, so I think it's mostly just keeping it from being overly sweet.
score: 1
Charlotte Farrell
This is one of my favourites for sipping on a winters afternoon, warming but tangy, I only put half the sugar syrup though and use my best home made marmalade
score: 1
Paul Holdsworth Premium Member
With seville oranges in the greengrocers in the UK right now, discerning gourmets are making their own marmalade - the perfect time for drinks like this one! I had misgivings about excessive sweetness but, given the decisive bitterness of 'proper' homemade marmalade, I'd include the sugar syrup as directed before rushing to judgement. I've not got a sweet tooth but loved the recipe as-is.
score: 1
Brian H
Good, but a little too sweet for my taste. I added a dash of ango and l liked it much better.
score: 1
Ignacy Szczupal Premium Member
Very good cocktail. It gains in depth with the use of a cognac with a pronounced taste, a cognac to drink with a cigar. Here for example a Meukow VSOP and even more so a Delamain XO Pale and Dry will be too subtle. You need something concrete and full-bodied on the palate: a Voyer VSOP or, as recommended on DG, a Remy Martin 1738, otherwise the marmalade will completely take over your cognac.
5 ml of sugar syrup are sufficient.
score: 2
Tony Jones
Well-balanced and tasty. I just wish I'd run it through the Nutribullet to blend the marmalade.
score: 1
Zhijian Zhou
Feels like a sweet, and less tart version of side car. I think the sweetness overtakes the roundness of the cognac
score: 2
Ian Lessels Premium Member
We both really liked this one. It's very classy. I am sure it helps to use homemade marmalade.
score: 2

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