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French Connection
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- Cognac 35ml / 1oz
- Amaretto 35m / 1oz
Recipe
- Add ice, Cognac, and Amaretto to an Old Fashioned Glass.
- Stir.
Tweet this Recipe Share on FacebookAmaretto (Italian for ‘a little bitter’) is a sweet Liqueur that originated in Saronno (a commune Lombardy, Italy).
Depending on the brand, Amaretto can be made from a variety of ingredients including apricot kernals, peach stones, bitter almonds, or just regular almonds. They keys is all of these ingredients contain benzaldehyde which acts as the almond-like flavour of the liqueur.
Amaretto usually contains between 21 to 28 per cent alcohol by volume.
For Amaretto, we recommend:
Cognac is a variety of Brandy.
It’s named after Cognac, France and certain production methods are required to make sure the Brandy may be named Cognac.
This production methods include:
Only then can it be called Cognac. Wowzers.
And even then, there are grades of Cognac:
I mean, that’s some grading list. I’d wager by the end of that list you’d need to be a millionaire to sample those Cognac’s.
ANYWAY… the Cognac we recommend is:
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