Ingredients
- 1 oz Irish Cream
- 1 oz Almond Liqueur
Instructions
Build the Cocktail:
- Pour 1 oz Irish cream and 1 oz almond liqueur into a lowball glass. Add ice cubes if desired.
Serve:
- Serve immediately and enjoy the smooth, nutty flavors.
Notes
Estimated Nutrition:
Where it came from
Baileys Irish Cream landed in 1974 and Amaretto Disaronno had been on shelves since 1525. The two paired naturally because the marzipan note in amaretto matches the vanilla cream in Baileys.
It travels under several names. Italian Cream, Amaretto Mudslide, Baileys Almond. The recipe is the same. Equal parts, ice, glass.
What it tastes like
Sweet almond marzipan up front, soft creamy vanilla behind it, a faint warming alcohol on the finish. The amaretto carries the lead, the Baileys keeps it from being too one-note.
Ice cold matters. Warm and the drink goes cloying. Cold and the dairy fat keeps it tight.
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Ingredient Spotlight
The bottles that make or break this drink.
The Baileys
- Use
- Baileys Original
- Try
- Baileys Salted Caramel for the dessert version
The amaretto
- Use
- Disaronno or Lazzaroni
- Why
- You want real almond-pit amaretto, not flavoured liqueur
The build
- Glass
- Rocks glass, lots of ice
- Method
- Pour both, stir once, serve
What if I don't have…
Quick substitutions for when the bottle shop is closed.
Any Irish cream. Carolans, Saint Brendan’s.
Lazzaroni, Luxardo Amaretto or any quality amaretto.
Add 30 ml of vodka. Now it is closer to a Mudslide.
Top with cold milk or coffee.
Use Frangelico instead of amaretto for hazelnut.
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