Name: Killer Cocktail
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Amaretto liqueur; 30 ml Gin; 10 ml Red bitter liqueur; 10 ml Passion fruit syrup; 30 ml Lemon juice

Killer Cocktail
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Serve in an Old-fashioned glass

Ingredients:
1 ¹⁄₂ oz	Disaronno amaretto
1 oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin
¹⁄₃ oz	Strucchi Red Bitter (Campari-style liqueur)
¹⁄₃ oz	Monin Passion Fruit Syrup
1 oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill an Old-fashioned glass.
Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist (cut like a shark fin) and cranberry bitters or grenadine.
SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into glass filled with crushed ice.
EXPRESS lemon zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.
Garnish with drops on cranberry bitters or grenadine on lemon twist (for bloody shark attack).

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

Amaretto and passion fruit dominate this bittersweet sour.

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History:

Adapted from a recipe created by Tess Posthumus, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Tess says, "The cocktail I won the international Disaronno Mixing Star finals with back in 2013. It is inspired by one of my favourite movies, Jaws."

Nutrition:

One serving of Killer Cocktail contains 289 calories

Alcohol content:

1.4 standard drinks
16.15% alc./vol. (16.15° proof)
20.2 grams of pure alcohol

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István GT

6th October 2024 at 19:43

I don't really like/understand Amaretto, but the Campari balances it out nicely. Next time I might amp up the Campari a bit. Nice evening sipper for sure.

Nathalie O'Flynn

4th October 2024 at 17:15

Sipping this right now. Very nice indeed as I love Amaretto. I used a big ice ball in a rather large old fashioned glase but it was too much liquid, so had a top up. Ice cubes would have been better, the moulds I have here are too big I must say. I used Aperol as I didn't know what to expect and if I make this again I would use Campari.

Jesper Rasmussen

19th April 2024 at 19:53

Very sweet, but still something I would drink from time to time.

Arjun Ravikumar

24th September 2023 at 04:19

Went through this one twice, once with the original and once with 20 ml campari. Really liked the second version, maybe because my passionfruit syrup was a bit sweeter? Either way, great drink.

Mark Catone

11th September 2023 at 00:22

Liked this very much. Reminds me of a Jungle Bird somewhat, with a little sour in there.

Mark Catone

22nd April 2023 at 01:30

Really loved this one just as is.

Grey Goose

9th April 2023 at 18:49

A sweet cocktail but should be great for entertaining. Tried adding more campari as someone else said but personally preferred it as per original recipe. May try adding more lemon juice next time