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Millionaire
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Millionaire
Serve in a Coupe glass
| 1 1⁄2 oz | Bourbon whiskey |
| 1⁄2 oz | Orange Curaçao liqueur |
| 1⁄6 oz | Raspberry (framboise) sugar syrup |
| 1⁄6 oz | Lemon juice (freshly squeezed) |
| 3 dash | La Fée Parisienne absinthe |
| 1⁄2 oz | Egg white (pasteurised) or 3 dashes Fee Brothers Fee Foam cocktail foamer or Aquafaba or Egg white replacement (vegan) |
Garnish: Dust with freshly grated nutmeg & optional small orange wedge on rim
How to make:
SHAKE all ingredients with ice and strain back into shaker. DRY SHAKE with ice and fine strain into chilled glass.
Allergens:
Recipe contains the following allergens:
- Egg white (pasteurised) - Eggs
Strength & taste guide:
No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Review:
Delicately sweet with whiskey-laced, zesty citrus, rich berry fruit and a hint of aniseed, is smoothed and rounded by egg white.
Your choice of grenadine or raspberry syrup (my preference) will significantly impact the flavour and colour of your Millionaire.
AKA: Millionaire Royal
History:
There are numerous cocktails that go by the name Millionaire but this cocktail (based on rye whiskey with curaçao, raspberry syrup/grenadine and egg white, usually with orange bitters &/or absinthe &/or lemon juice) first appears in Jacques Straub's 1914 Manual of Mixed Drinks.
Millionaire Cocktail.
Jacques Straub, 1914
1 dash orange bitters.
6 dashes curaçao.
¾ jigger rye whiskey.
2 dashes grenadine syrup.
1 white of egg.
Stir well. Serve in claret glass.
Another version appears in Harry MacElhone's 1923 "Harry" of Ciro's ABC of Mixing Cocktails (second impression)
Millionaire Cocktail.
Harry MacElhone, 1926
1 white of a Fresh Egg. 2 dashes of Curaçao (orange), 1 teaspoonful of Grenadine, ⅔ Rye Whisky. Shake well. Strain into cocktail glass.
(Recipe from Ritz Hotel, London.)
This recipe is adapted from a recipe in David Embury's 1948 The Fine Art of Mixing Drinks, where he helpfully says, " In my opinion, it is improved by the addition of a small quantity of lemon juice. Two or three dashes of absinthe for each drink convert this cocktail into the Millionaire Royal."
Nutrition:
One serving of Millionaire contains 190 calories
Alcohol content:
- 1.4 standard drinks
- 23.02% alc./vol. (23.02° proof)
- 19.8 grams of pure alcohol
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1 white of a Fresh Egg, 2 dashes of Curaçao (orange), 1 teaspoonful of Grenadine, ⅔ Canadian Club whisky. Shake well. Strain into cocktail glass. (Recipe from Ritz Hotel, London.)
...no lemon juice, raspberry liqueur, nor Absinthe!