El Presidente Recipe
A classic rum cocktail that hasn't gotten the attention it deserves.
[Photo: Maggie Hoffman]
When the weather (or your palate) is being indecisive, it's best for your cocktails to play along. That's where the El Presidente comes in: made with light rum, it has a bright, summery appeal; but with the gravitas brought to the drink by dry vermouth and orange curacao, the flavor is ready to pull on a sweater against the evening's chill.
In 1949, Esquire's Handbook for Hosts addressed the drink this way: "The vanguard of Manhattan cognoscenti has discovered what regulars of El Chico in the Village have known for many a moon: the El Presidente cocktail is elixir for jaded gullets." No matter if it's you or the weather that's being indecisive, the El Presidente is an excellent resource for putting you back on an even keel.
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- Yield:makes 1 cocktail
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 ounces white rum
- 3/4 ounce dry vermouth
- 3/4 ounce orange curacao
- 1 dash grenadine
- Garnish: orange twist
Directions
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1.
Pour all ingredients into a mixing glass and fill with ice. Stir briskly for 30 seconds, and strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Twist a piece of orange peel over the drink and use as garnish.
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