Eye-opener

Name: Eye-opener
Total time: 5 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Light gold rum 1-3yo; 5 ml Orange Curaçao; 5 ml Crème de noyau; 5 ml Sugar syrup 'rich' (2:1); 2 dash Absinthe; 1 fresh Egg yolk

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Measurements in:

Serves:

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Ingredients
1 ¹⁄₂ fl oz	Light gold rum (1-3 year old molasses column)
¹⁄₆ fl oz	Ferrand Dry Curaçao liqueur
¹⁄₆ fl oz	Crème de noyau liqueur
¹⁄₆ fl oz	Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water) 65.0°Brix
2 dash	La Fée Parisienne absinthe
1 fresh	Egg yolk

How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Coupe glass

Prepare

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

Method

SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

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

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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:

17.3 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Egg yolk — Eggs

History

Adapted from a recipe in Harry Craddock's 1930 The Savoy Cocktail Book.

EYE-OPENER COCKTAIL.
The Yolk of 1 Fresh Egg.
1 Teaspoon Powdered Sugar.
2 Dashes Absinthe.
2 Dashes Curaçao.
2 Dashes Crème de Noyau.
1 Liqueur Glass Rum.
Shake well and strain into cocktail glass.
Harry Craddock, 1930

Review

Resembling watery orange custard, this cocktail is surprisingly silky and suited to after-dinner.

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