Cocktail recipe
El Presidente
A stirred cocktail featuring Light Rum, Dry Vermouth, Orange Curaçao.
Ingredients
- 45 ml White Rum
- 22.5 ml Dry Vermouth
- 7.5 ml Orange Curaçao
- 1 tsp Grenadine Syrup
Method
- Combine White Rum, Dry Vermouth, Orange Curaçao and Grenadine Syrup in a mixing glass with ice.
- Stir until cold and diluted.
- Strain into a chilled cocktail glass.
Story
A Havana drink of the 1920s, named for the Cuban president of the day, probably Gerardo Machado, and a favourite of Americans escaping Prohibition. The vermouth should be blanc, not dry.