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Spirit-forward · Shaken · Historical · complexity 2/5

Ambrosia Cocktail

Chicote's Ambrosia is the yolk, maraschino, yellow chartreuse, and apricot brandy drink.

sweet · stone_fruit · silky · herbal · after-dinner · formal

Served in Sherry wine glass. Ice: Ice pieces.

Variants (2)

Cocktails by Pedro Chicote (1928, p.102) — Served in Jerez glass

1 yolkegg yolk — Yema de huevo frescobase
0.33 partapricot brandy modifier
0.33 partMaraschino — Marrasquinomodifier
0.33 partyellow chartreuse — Chartreuse amarillomodifier
  1. Shake very well and serve in a sherry wine glass.

Ice: Ice pieces

This matters because it preserves a richer yolk-and-liqueur after-dinner branch in the Madrid canon.

Cocktails Mundiales by Pedro Chicote (1947) — Chicote 1947, opening Cocktails Mundiales recipe run

1 yolkegg yolk base
0.33 partapricot brandy modifier
0.5 partMaraschino modifier
0.33 partyellow chartreuse modifier
  1. Prepare in a shaker with small pieces of ice. Shake very well and serve in a sherry glass.

Ice: Small pieces of ice

Lineage reconciliation

See also: Thunder Cocktail, After-Dinner Cocktail