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Alexander The Great

After dinner/digestif · Creamy (e.g. Dirty banana)

4.0 96 ratings

Ingredients

1 1/2 oz Vodka
1/2 oz Coffee liqueur
1/2 oz White crème de cacao
3/4 oz Whipping cream
1/4 oz Egg white (pasteurised)

How to make

Serve in a coupe glass

Prepare

  1. 1 Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
  2. 2 Prepare garnish of grated nutmeg.

Method

  1. 3 SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
  2. 4 FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

  1. 5 Dust with freshly grated nutmeg.

Flavour profile

18.4% alc./vol. · 1.5 standard drinks · 236 calories

History

A creamy combination of vodka, coffee, and chocolate. The optional egg white adds body.

This cocktail originates from a recipe found in Lucius Beebe's 1946 publication, The Stork Club Bar Book. There, it receives the description: "An improvement, as some may think, on the conventional Alexander cocktail," and its creation is attributed to a bartender named Nelson Eddy. "An improvement, as some may think, on the conventional Alexander cocktail is the brainstorm child of Nelson Eddy and he calls it "Alexander the Great"". Alexander The Great: ½ oz. crème de cacao ½ oz. coffee liqueur ½ oz. fresh cream. 1½ oz. vodka Shake until cold as Siberia. Watch your Steppes, because more than three of these gives the consumer a wolfish appetite. The standard Alexander recipe appears below: Alexander: 1½ oz. gin ¾ oz. crème de cacao ½ oz. fresh cream Shake and serve in 4 0z. wine glass.

Created by Nelson Eddy