Name: Angel's Share No.1
Total time: 2 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 1 barspoon Orange marmalade; 60 ml Cognac (brandy); 7.5 ml Licor 43; 15 ml Lemon juice; 7.5 ml Sugar syrup (2:1)

Angel's Share No.1
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Serve in a Martini glass

Ingredients:
1 barspoon	Orange marmalade
2 oz	Rémy Martin V.S.O.P. cognac
¹⁄₄ oz	Licor 43 Original liqueur
¹⁄₂ oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₄ oz	Monin Pure Cane Syrup (65.0°brix, equivalent to 2:1 rich syrup)

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Garnish: Orange zest twist

How to make:

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.

Review:

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

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History:

Created in 2005 by Milo Rodriguez, London.

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Chris Brislawn

6th March at 06:16

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!

Simon Sedgley

7th January at 12:47

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.

Peter McCarthy

2nd March 2024 at 02:51

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.

Charlotte Farrell

21st January 2024 at 16:40

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

Paul Holdsworth

19th January 2024 at 17:49

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.

Brian H

24th September 2023 at 01:34

Good, but a little too sweet for my taste. I added a dash of ango and l liked it much better.

Ignacy Szczupal

27th November 2022 at 00:28

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.