Blood and Sand (Cocktail)
Blood and Sand ( English for "blood and sand") is an aromatic, fruity cocktail from the 1930s. The short drink belongs - in addition to Rusty Nail and Manhattan variants Rob Roy and Bobby Burns - one of the very few known mixed drinks, with Scotch whiskey are prepared. It also contains red Italian vermouth , cherry brandy (a cherry liqueur ) and orange juice .
history
It is not known exactly when the cocktail was made, but what is certain is that the name refers to the silent film of the same name from 1922. In this popular, second film adaptation of the 1908 novel by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez ( Spanish original title: Sangre y arena ) Rudolph Valentino plays the hero, a torero . The material was filmed again in 1941 (German title: König der Toreros ), with Tyrone Power and Rita Hayworth in the leading roles. The columnist and author Robert Ruark once summed up films of this genre as follows:
" Poor boy makes good as matador, gets spoiled by success, drinks too much and / or takes up with ruinous women, loses his courage, and catches himself on a horn. "
“Poor boy becomes a matador; spoiled by success, he drinks too much and / or gets involved with ruinous women, loses his courage and is impaled. "
The colors of the blood and sand of the bullring are reflected in the cocktail with cherry liqueur , red Italian vermouth , orange juice and whiskey, the drink is orange-brown when mixed. The first recipe for a Blood and Sand Cocktail appeared in Harry Craddock's legendary Savoy Cocktail Book in 1930 and required equal parts of the four ingredients; The recipe is also included in the book Boothby's World Drinks and How to Mix Them , published in 1934 . The drink fell into oblivion in the decades that followed and has only recently appeared again in bar books. In 2004, Ted Haigh published Blood and Sand in a book about forgotten cocktails. The bartender Dale DeGroff had previously included the drink in his standard work The Craft of the Cocktail and commented:
" At first glance, this unusual cocktail seemed a godawful mix. But over time, I noted that the recipe appeared in some serious cocktail books, so I finally tried it. The taste convinced me never to judge a drink again without tasting it. "
“At first glance, this unusual cocktail seemed like a hideous mix. But over time, I noticed the recipe was appearing in some reputable cocktail books, and eventually I gave it a try. The taste convinced me never to judge a drink again without trying it. "
preparation
Traditionally, as in Craddock's recipe from 1930, identical parts - e.g. As each 2 cl - Scotch whiskey , cherry brandy (cherry liqueur), red, sweet Italian vermouth ( Vermouth rosso ) and freshly squeezed orange juice in cocktail shaker with ice cubes shaken and in a pre-chilled cocktail glass ( Coupette ) strained . As is usual with short drinks, “straight up” is served without ice and often without decoration. DeGroff slightly increased the amount of orange juice and decorated it with an orange twist , the essential oils of which he sprayed on the cocktail over a flame.
Newer recipes often contain slightly smaller amounts of cherry brandy and vermouth. Ted Haigh recommends using ¼ to ⅓ less than whiskey and orange juice; The Mixbook Cocktailian suggests 3 cl scotch whiskey and orange juice and 2 cl cherry brandy and vermouth and recommends a cocktail cherry as decoration. Jim Meehan, operator of the New York PDT Bar, mixes the equivalent of 4.5 cl (1.5 oz. ) Of blended Scotch whiskey , 2.25 cl of orange juice and 1.5 cl of cherry liqueur ( Cherry Heering ) and vermouth ( Carpano Antica Formula ) - without decoration.
A mild blended scotch is usually recommended , as by Meehan, but the drink can also be mixed with strong, smoky-peaty single malt whiskeys . Instead of ordinary orange juice, red blood orange juice is possible. Cherry brandy is ambiguous in English and can denote both a cherry liqueur such as Cherry Heering and the (colorless) fruit brandy ( Kirschwasser ); However, there is agreement that the latter is not suitable for a Blood and Sand .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Quoted from: Eric Felten: Strange but Delicious. In: Wall Street Journal . (online), January 29, 2008, accessed February 16, 2012.
- ↑ Harry Craddock: The Savoy Cocktail Book . Reprint of the original 1930 edition: Pavillon Books, London 2009, ISBN 978-1-86205-296-3 .
- ↑ Naming Names (English language) Contribution to cocktails and their names on Cocktailchronicles.com from June 27, 2005, accessed on February 16, 2012.
- ^ A b Ted Haigh: Vintage Cocktails & Spirits. Apple Press (Rockport Publ.), Hove 2004, ISBN 1-84092-474-8 .
- ↑ a b Dale DeGroff: The Craft of the Cocktail. Clarkson Potter, New York 2002, ISBN 0-609-60875-4 , p. 83.
- ↑ Charles Schumann in equal shares in: Schumann's Bar. 1st edition. Collection Rolf Heyne, Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-89910-416-5 , p. 49.
- ↑ Helmut Adam, Jens Hasenbein, Bastian Heuser: Cocktailian. The manual of the bar. 1st edition. Tre Torri, Wiesbaden 2010, ISBN 978-3-941641-41-9 , p. 272.
- ↑ Jim Meehan, Chris Gall: The PDT Cocktail Book. Sterling Epicure, New York 2011, ISBN 978-1-4027-7923-7 , p. 73.
- ↑ Blood and Sand ( Memento of the original dated February 12, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. by Marleigh Higgins Miller, January 24, 2008, access February 16, 2012.
- ↑ Eric Felten: Strange but Delicious. In: Wall Street Journal. (online), January 29, 2008, accessed February 16, 2012.
