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Millionaire

Classic/vintage · Fruity (e.g. Pornstar Martini)

4.1 31 ratings

Ingredients

1 1/2 oz Bourbon whiskey
1/2 oz Orange Curaçao
1/6 oz Raspberry syrup
1/6 oz Lemon juice
3 dash Absinthe
1/2 oz Egg white (pasteurised)

How to make

Serve in a coupe glass

  1. 1 SHAKE all ingredients with ice and strain back into shaker
  2. 2 DRY SHAKE with ice and fine strain into chilled glass.

Flavour profile

23.0% alc./vol. · 1.5 standard drinks · 190 calories

History

Delicately sweet with whiskey, zesty citrus, rich berry fruit, and a hint of aniseed, smoothed and rounded by egg white. The choice of grenadine or raspberry syrup will significantly impact the flavour and colour.

Several drinks are called Millionaire, but the one featuring rye whiskey, curaçao, raspberry syrup or grenadine, egg white, and often orange bitters, absinthe, or lemon juice, was first documented in Jacques Straub's 1914 "Manual of Mixed Drinks." The original recipe reads: Millionaire Cocktail. 1 dash orange bitters. 6 dashes curaçao. ¾ jigger rye whiskey. 2 dashes grenadine syrup. 1 white of egg. Stir well. Serve in claret glass. A variation surfaced in Harry MacElhone's 1923 "Harry" of Ciro's ABC of Mixing Cocktails (second impression), presented as follows: Millionaire Cocktail. 1 white of a Fresh Egg. 2 dashes of Curaçao (orange), 1 teaspoonful of Grenadine, ⅔ Rye Whisky. Shake well. Strain into cocktail glass. (Recipe from Ritz Hotel, London.) David Embury, in his 1948 book "The Fine Art of Mixing Drinks," offered his own adaptation, noting, "In my opinion, it is improved by the addition of a small quantity of lemon juice. Two or three dashes of absinthe for each drink convert this cocktail into the Millionaire Royal."

Also known as Millionaire Royal