Contents
Ingredients
Cognac – 30 ml
Cocoa liqueur (brown) – 30 ml
Cream – 30 ml
Nutmeg – 2 g
How to make a cocktail
Pour all the ingredients into a shaker with ice cubes.
Shake well.
Pour through a strainer into a chilled cocktail glass.
Garnish with ground nutmeg on top.
* Use the simple Alexander cocktail recipe to make your own unique mix at home. To do this, it is enough to replace the base alcohol with the one that is available.
Alexander video recipe
The taste of the Alexander cocktail can be described as a sweet, creamy drink, with hints of cocoa and the smell of nutmeg. Cognac in a cocktail is almost not felt. One of the most delicious dessert cocktails.
History of the Alexander cocktail
The cocktail, like many other alcoholic drinks containing cream and sweet liquor, owes its appearance to the American Prohibition, which was in force in the United States at the beginning of the XNUMXth century. Its recipe is quite simple: brandy is mixed with cream and crème de cacao. It was the “sweet” components of the cocktail that helped mask alcohol and thus circumvent the ban on its sale.
The author of the drink is a bartender who worked in the 20s in the famous American underground bar “Speak Easy”, in which the visitors were members of the high American society.
According to one of the unofficial versions, the cocktail was named after the famous literary critic of those years, Alexander Wuttock, who liked to go to the bar just for this cocktail. And already in 1922, the recipe for “Alexander” was included in Harry McKelhon’s book “ABC Cocktails”.
Cocktail variations Alexander
Blue Alexander – in this version of the cocktail, instead of cocoa liqueur, Blue Curacao liqueur is used.
Alexander video recipe
The taste of the Alexander cocktail can be described as a sweet, creamy drink, with hints of cocoa and the smell of nutmeg. Cognac in a cocktail is almost not felt. One of the most delicious dessert cocktails.
History of the Alexander cocktail
The cocktail, like many other alcoholic drinks containing cream and sweet liquor, owes its appearance to the American Prohibition, which was in force in the United States at the beginning of the XNUMXth century. Its recipe is quite simple: brandy is mixed with cream and crème de cacao. It was the “sweet” components of the cocktail that helped mask alcohol and thus circumvent the ban on its sale.
The author of the drink is a bartender who worked in the 20s in the famous American underground bar “Speak Easy”, in which the visitors were members of the high American society.
According to one of the unofficial versions, the cocktail was named after the famous literary critic of those years, Alexander Wuttock, who liked to go to the bar just for this cocktail. And already in 1922, the recipe for “Alexander” was included in Harry McKelhon’s book “ABC Cocktails”.
Cocktail variations Alexander
Blue Alexander – in this version of the cocktail, instead of cocoa liqueur, Blue Curacao liqueur is used.