Cosmopolitan Delight
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Ingredients
How to make
Serve in a old-fashioned glass
- 1 SHAKE first 5 ingredients with ice and strain into ice-filled glass
- 2 TOP with red wine.
Flavour profile
16.5% alc./vol. · 1.5 standard drinks · 222 calories
History
This mellow, balanced blend of citrus, brandy and red wine has no relation to the modern Cosmopolitan.
This recipe comes from Dale DeGroff's 2002 book, The Craft of the Cocktail, who credits Charlie Paul's 1902 book, American and Other Iced Drinks, for the original. The "COSMOPOLITAN DELIGHT. L. D." from Paul's work reads: "Take a large soda-water glass and fill with chipped ice; put I a teaspoon of powdered sugar; squeeze half a lemon in; add half a liqueur-glassful of curaçoa, a teaspoon of orgeat syrup, and half a wine-glassful of brandy; shake well; decorate with fruits in season; dash the top with claret; and serve with straws." The 1902 "cosmopolitan delight" recipe, from Recipes of American and Other Iced Drinks, is presented as: 1½ ounces brandy, ½ ounce curaçao, ½ ounce simple syrup, ¾ ounce fresh lemon juice, ¼ ounce orgeat, splash red wine, and seasonal fruit for garnish. Shake all ingredients with ice and serve over ice in an old-fashioned glass. Top with a splash of red wine. Garnish with fresh seasonal fruits. It is noted that "Don't be shy with the garnish–these early drinks looked like fruit salads."
Created by Charlie Paul