Santa Maria (by Dani Umoette)

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Serve in a Shot glass

Ingredients:
1 1⁄3 oz Del Maguey Vida Clásico Mezcal
2⁄3 oz Disaronno amaretto
1⁄6 oz Cynar or other carciofo amaro
0.08 oz Giffard Banane du Brésil liqueur
× 1 1 serving
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Garnish: Lemon zest twist (discarded)

How to make:

Makes 2 drinks STIR all ingredients with ice and strain into two chilled shot glasses, ideally Vaso Veladora glasses.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Strength 8/10
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Sweet to sour 5/10
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Review:

Best described as a mezcal-based Godfather with amaro and crème de banana adding depth of flavour.

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History:

Adapted from a recipe created in May 2021 by Daniele Umoette as a parting gift to us. What inspired him, "The other day I was listening to Blondie's "Maria" and it is indeed one of my favourite songs and that did the trick. The song talks about this multifaceted woman called Maria, so I tried to reinterpret her qualities through my personal imagination."

Nutrition:

One serving of Santa Maria (by Dani Umoette) contains 174 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1.3 standard drinks
  • 27.83% alc./vol. (27.83° proof)
  • 18.8 grams of pure alcohol

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Simon Sedgley’s Avatar Simon Sedgley
27th April at 05:23
Such a charming cocktail...perfect for a couple of love-birds about to head off to a show or party. Decoding the recipe, we concluded that Maria has a smoky, sultry voice, beautiful almond eyes, an occasionally bitter tongue but more often a smile as sunny as a bunch of ripe bananas. We went by it a second time by reducing the Amaretto to 15ml, increasing the Cynar to 7.5ml and upping the liqueur to 5ml...for us, the original is the more charming and our variant is the slightly more deep and serious.
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G. M. Genovese’s Avatar G. M. Genovese
2nd May 2023 at 18:51
A touch sweet (used a bargain amaretto), but wow not too shabby. Wouldn't alter the specs, though I'm not really gettting the banana and only a subtle hint of the Cynar. How about y'all? (2 May 2023, 2:50p)
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