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Hollywood

Anytime · Classic/vintage

3.8 84 ratings

Ingredients

1 1/2 oz Light white rum
1/3 oz Pink grapefruit juice
1/6 oz Grenadine syrup
1/12 oz Sugar syrup 'rich' (2:1)
1/2 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 and strain back into shaker.
  2. 4 DRY SHAKE (without ice).
  3. 5 FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

  1. 6 Dust with freshly grated nutmeg.

Flavour profile

17.1% alc./vol. · 1 standard drink · 130 calories

History

A delicious variation featuring rum, grapefruit, pomegranate, and nutmeg, smoothed with egg white.

This cocktail is based on a recipe found in William "Cocktail Bill" Boothby's 1930 book, Swallows : World Drinks and How to Prepare Them. HOLLYWOOD Bacardi . . . . . . . . 2/3 jigger Grapefruit . . . . . . . . 1 spoon Grenadine . . . . . . . . 1 spoon Egg . . . . . . . . 1/2 of white Nutmeg . . . . . . . . to taste Combine the ingredients with ice, shake vigorously, and then strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Finish by grating nutmeg over the top before serving.