Message 16569 of 20656 in Recipe Exchange

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>  
> > 2 oz gin
> > splash of crème de cacao
> > splash of cointreau
> > dash of grand mariner
> > Shake and strain into a cocktail glass
> > squeeze of orange wedge to the glass (I threw the wedge in for good 
> > 
> > measure)
> 
> I would probably try and avoid using terms auch as splash and dash in 
> your recipes. To me a splash might be your dash, or vice versa. Also, 
> depending on how much your splash & dash's are, there seems to be a 
> lot of alcohol in it. 
> 

> 
> Personally i think its lacking a little too much creme de cacao. The 
> gins botanicals would be pretty full on and over powering to the 
> small amounts of cacao and orange liqueurs. As previsouly asked, why 
> both liqueurs? 

Good call on the splash and dash.  I measured my "splash" and it works out to 
about 1/8 or an ounce and my dash is about 8 - 10 drops.  The whole thing 
works out to about 2.5 oz.

So you think, too much cacao, then?  That could be. Maybe I'll go with a 
"splash" of the cacao and 0.25 oz of the coitreau

I used both the orange flavours because I think the marnier has just a hint of 
honey in it and the cointreau is more orangey.  Although maybe I was trying to 
make up for too much cacao.