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Casablanca

Difford’s Guide
Discerning Drinkers (77)
Casablanca image
Measurements in:
Serves:
1
Ingredients
2 fl oz Light gold rum (1-3 year old molasses column)
1⁄4 fl oz Ferrand Dry Curaçao liqueur
1⁄4 fl oz Luxardo Maraschino liqueur
1⁄4 fl oz Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
1⁄4 fl oz Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
1⁄6 fl oz Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water) 65.0°Brix
4 drop Angostura Aromatic Bitters
1⁄2 fl oz Egg white (pasteurised) or 3 dash Fee Brothers Fee Foam cocktail foamer

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How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Coupe glass

Prepare

  1. Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
  2. Prepare garnish of orange zest twist.

Method

  1. SHAKE all ingredients with ice and strain back into shaker.
  2. DRY SHAKE (without ice).
  3. FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

  1. EXPRESS orange zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
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Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Casablanca contains 197 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1.7 standard drinks
  • 19.67% alc./vol. (39.34° proof)
  • 23.2 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

  • Egg white (pasteurised) — Eggs

Values stated for alcohol and calorie content, and number of drinks an ingredient makes should be considered approximate.

History

Eponymously named after Michael Curtiz's 1942 romantic drama movie starring Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman and Paul Henreid. Filmed and set during World War II, the plot centres around an American expatriate (Bogart) whose love for a women (Bergman) distracts him from helping a Czechoslovak resistance leader (Henreid) escape from the Vichy-controlled city of Casablanca. The women, is the resistance leader's wife and if that were not enough, the script famously delivers lines such as "Play it, Sam," "Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine" and "Here's looking at you kid."

CASA BLANCA
Cocktail glass
Stir
2 oz rum
½ oz lime juice
¼ oz orange curaçao
¼ oz maraschino liqueur
1 dash Angostura bitters

Stanley M. Jones, Jones' Complete Barguide, 1977


CASA BLANCA
2 oz gold Jamaica rum
¼ tsp. curaçao
¼ tsp. maraschino liqueur
1 tsp. lime juice
Dash Angostura bitters
Mix all ingredients with cracked ice in a shaker or blender and strain into chilled cocktail glass.

John J. Poister, The New American Bartender's Guide. 1999

Review

Go easy on the aromatic bitters (use drops rather than dashes) or your Casablanca will be more orange than "blanca". Original recipes in The New American Bartender's Guide and Jones' Complete Barguide omit egg white, but this variation on the White Lady tastes and looks better with an appropriately white fluffy head.

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Comments & Discussion

Walter Brookbank
I believe a "Casablanca" should be a gin based drink. "Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine."
I drink Aviations when I watch Casablanca...they leave in a plane...or Red Stripe Champagne like they did in the movie. Just saying.
score: 0
Jonathan Arnold
This was really good! I had it in honor of my bazzionth viewing of Casablanca the other day. I added some sour cherries from Greece, with a dollop of the syrup, and it went really well. I haven't had a White Lady in ages, but I'll have to compare. I'm not sure I'd skip the Maraschino, because I love it.
score: 1
JeffAlex Premium Member
I added a Luxardo cherry and feel like 5ml of Luxardo cherry syrup (in addition to the maraschino liqueur) in place of the sugar syrup would add body and an interesting hue to the drink. Overall, a nicely balanced drink. As also said in Casablanca, “I think this could be the beginning of a beautiful friendship.”
score: 1
Deborah Tighe
I too prefer a white lady, a more complex flavour.
Simon, Casablanca also gave us ‘round up the usual suspects’.
score: 2
Morten Carlsbaek Premium Member
Do try using a red cherry liqueur (I used Merlet Sæurs Cerises) instead of the clear Luxardo Maraschino liqueur as some Casablanca recipes suggest.
I compared the two following the recipe here (though omitting the sugar syrup) and preferred the red one having a more full filling taste. I do find the White Lady much more interesting than the clear Casablanca. Maybe I would like the clear Casablanca better, if swapping Bacardi Carta Blanca with Plantation 3 stars, but that be cheating or?
score: 1
John Hinojos Premium Member
Following Andrew's suggestion, omitted the sugar syrup and it was quite sweet enough. Perfectly balanced with the nice flavours of the rum. Very interesting blend to tastes. Very good.
score: 1
Louise Allen
This is a really nice, balanced drink. I used Havana 3 y/old as I don't have Bacardi.
score: 2
Andrew Scurr
I tried this for the first time today - stonkingly good (but then I am a lover of Aviations and White Ladies). I don't think it needs the sugar to be honest.
score: 4
Beverly Stanton
Feel like this was missing something, gin. I much prefer a While Lady.
score: 2

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