El Presidente Cocktail Recipe
The el presidente comes from cuba and was popular in the 1920s with havana s upper class and americans escaping prohibition.
El presidente cocktail recipe - Fill a cocktail shaker with ice and pour in rum vermouth and curacao liqueur. Gold label rum is somewhat more pleasing. At some point in the late 1900s the recipe transformed to become a sweet sour tropical cocktail that is good but may not be to everyone s liking.
If you ve tried this el presidente cocktail or any other recipe on the blog i d love the hear what you thought about it in the comments below. During prohibition americans escaped their dry confines to vacation in cuba where they were free to sip rum and cocktails. And as always may all your dishes drinks be delish.
Garnish with orange peel. Grenadine 2 dashes orange bitters tools. According to an article cuba meets chambéry on the hauz alpenz website the first el presidente recipe was published in 1915 in a book called the manuel de cantinero a bartender s manual in spanish by john b.
The cubans weren t too fond of their northern neighbor s mixed drinks though until the el presidente cocktail came along. Some say that american bartender eddie woelke invented the drink at havana s jockey club where it was beloved by locals and tourists alike. Search close search recipes.
Hail to the chief. Some believe it is the only bona fide classic cocktail that is supposed to use harder to find blanc vermouth chambéry vermouth and is frequently mismade with dry vermouth while variations are made using other orange liqueurs than curaçao. Use white rum in the classic el presidente cocktail recipe.
Shake 2 ounces light rum 1 2 ounce each lime juice and pineapple juice and a dash of. 1 1 2 ounces white rum 3 4 ounce orange curaçao 3 4 ounce dry vermouth 1 dash. Add a dash of grenadine cover and shake cocktail and ice.
Indeed in his 1948 the fine art of mixing drinks david embury writing about the daiquiri explains if vermouth instead of citrus is used with the grenadine the name is el presidente he then directs readers to page 158 where he says the leading rum cocktail of the aromatic type is el presidente. This el presidente cocktail is delicious so i can t wait for you to try it and tell me what you think in a comment. Hail to the chief and mix up el presidente cocktail.
Many original recipes call specifically for vermouth de chambery a regional style of vermouth while some simply use french vermouth. Blanc vermouth 1 tsp. Escalante the style of vermouth blanc isn t cuban but was invented in the french alps in chambéry and due to its ability to do double duty as a sweet and dry ingredient it has.
Strain into a chilled martini glass. I love hearing from you. White rum oz.
The el presidente is a slightly sweet red colored rum drink that is served straight up. The el presidente cocktail is a cuban alcoholic drink made of rum orange curaçao vermouth and grenadine the original recipe calls for blanc vermouth.
