Christmas Alexander

Name: Christmas Alexander
Yield: 1
Ingredients: 40ml Cognac; 30ml Crème de cacao white; 15ml Almond milk; 15ml Double cream; pistachios and star anise, to garnish

A wickedly creamy brandy cocktail

Gluten-free Vegetarian

Not Too Tricky

serves 1

nutrition per serving

243

Calories

12%

13g

Fat

19%

6.6g

Saturates

33%

4.2g

Sugars

0.1g

Salt

Protein

4.3g

Carbs

0.3g

Fibre

of an adult’s reference intake

Recipe From

Jamie Magazine

By Giuseppe Gallo

Ingredients

40ml Cognac

30ml Crème de cacao white

15ml Almond milk

15ml Double cream

pistachios and star anise, to garnish

Method

Drinks don’t get more decadent than this brandy cocktail with crème de cacao and cream

Shake all the ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice, then strain into a stemmed cocktail glass.
Grate over a pistachio, then garnish with the whole nuts and star anise.

Tags

Drinks Christmas Entertaining Cocktails Dinner Party Gluten-free Vegetarian Vegetable Love your leftovers

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