Grasshopper

Cocktailing

English - October 08, 2016 18:15 - 2 minutes - 2.84 MB - ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
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The grasshopper is a classic mint chocolate cocktail. Often you'll find it
treated as a dessert, especially when ice cream is used in place of the
heavy
cream.
The Eater history, linked below, traces the roots of this one back to early
20th or late 19th Century New Orleans. I had no idea. I'd always assumed it
was
some 70s invention.
1 ounce creme de cacao
1 ounce mint liqueur/creme de menthe
1 ounce heavy cream
1 ounce cognac, optional
2 drops green food coloring, very optional
Place all ingredients in a shaker with ice and shake vigorously. Strain into
a cocktail class. Garnish with shaved chocolate or a mint leaf.
Photos by Lisa Denkinger
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The Drink Blog (https://www.thedrinkblog.com/grasshopper)
History Of The Grasshopper from Eater (http://www.eater.com/2014/10/23/7036159/a-brief-history-of-the-grasshopper)
Rate Cocktailing on iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/cocktailing/id1084161541)
Off to Osaka Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

The grasshopper is a classic mint chocolate cocktail. Often you'll find it
treated as a dessert, especially when ice cream is used in place of the
heavy
cream.

The Eater history, linked below, traces the roots of this one back to early
20th or late 19th Century New Orleans. I had no idea. I'd always assumed it
was
some 70s invention.

1 ounce creme de cacao
1 ounce mint liqueur/creme de menthe
1 ounce heavy cream
1 ounce cognac, optional
2 drops green food coloring, very optional

Place all ingredients in a shaker with ice and shake vigorously. Strain into
a cocktail class. Garnish with shaved chocolate or a mint leaf.

Photos by Lisa Denkinger

See photo

The Drink Blog

History Of The Grasshopper from Eater

Rate Cocktailing on iTunes

Off to Osaka Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/