501 Japanese Cocktail Recipe
The name of this sweet and creamy cocktail can be translated as egg sake in order to prepare the drink raw egg yolks are whisked with sugar then added to hot sake.
Japanese cocktail recipe - Simply fill a cocktail shaker with ice add the sake and vodka shake not stir and pour over ice. According to cocktail historian david wondrich this was the first drink recipe to appear in print in jerry thomas s seminal 1862 book bartenders guide. Here are some of my favorite classic cocktail formulas reimagined using ingredients like shiso japanese beer japanese pear japanese whisky yuzu japanese black honey and matcha tea.
If you consider that over half the drink is made up of a typically 80 proof liquor you can understand the reasoning behind the shorter pour. This puts it. That is the case now and has been the case since the invention of cocktails.
A simple stirred cocktail that highlights the richness of orgeat mezcal and chocolate bitters. Mixed in inventive ways we love it with melon liqueur and a squeeze of lemon juice. The japanese slipper is a fabulous cocktail that s light on the alcohol and packed with fruity flavor.
The japanese mixed drink known as tamagozake is made with a combination of heated sake raw egg yolks and sugar. The drink serves as an excellent template for other orgeat sweetened old fashioned variations. A red eye is a beer cocktail featuring two parts beer one part tomato juice and a fresh squeeze of lemon and was influenced by the bloody mary cocktail which features vodka and tomato juice.
Shochu is a popular choice for japanese cocktails because of its earthy taste and low calorie intake. On average the japanese cocktail weighs in around 23 percent abv 46 proof. If you re looking for a fun green drink with a wonderful taste that mixes up in just a few minutes it s an ideal recipe.
The red eye cocktail was popularized by the 80 s film cocktails however the japanese recipe does not feature raw egg in it like the movie. No one knew that better than jerry thomas the father of american mixology one of his more famous creations is a tweak on an old fashioned. Shochu melon citrus cocktail.
Small hand foods creator jennifer colliau created this spin on jerry thomas classic japanese cocktail. The japanese cocktail like many other cocktails of this sort is a short drink of right around 3 1 2 ounces. If the names of the drinks sound funny it s because my other signature touch is to name cocktails after songs.
First appearing in jerry thomas s 1862 how to mix drinks the japanese cocktail is accompanied with no explanation of its namesake nor do its ingredients lead one to believe it is of any asian persuasion however as david wondrich surmises in imibibe this vanguard cocktail perhaps had something to do with a visit or four paid to thomas s new york city bar on broadway by a member of.
