The problem with White Russians is that they’re very 1986. The other problem is that to make them, you have to buy a bottle of Kahlua, and now you have a bottle of liqueur that you can only use for White (and Black) Russians.
I was thinking about this today, and realized that I wanted something White-Russian-like (in the sense of “somewhat sweet, somewhat girly, likely to be served in a casino”). But I didn’t want a drink that tastes like coffee. The fact is that I like coffee enough that if I want a drink that tastes like coffee, and yet has alcohol, I will make coffee and then put booze in it.
At that moment I realized that I still had a bottle of Cointreau in the cabinet, and thus this drink was born. I’m sure it’s been independently invented in a thousand places, but mine was created to explicitly mirror the taste of the Good Humor truck orange creamsicles you had as a kid.
The recipe is simple:
- Two parts Cointreau.
- One part gold rum.
- One part heavy cream.
Serve (of course) over lots of ice.
There are people who will blanch at the thought of heavy cream in a drink, and will want to substitute half-and-half or milk. If you are one of these people and are not at imminent risk of heart disease the only thing I can say is: you are worthless and weak.
Now if I can only figure out a way to mimic the taste and texture of those Strawberry Shortcake ice cream bars in a cocktail. Hmm. I wonder how well Strawberry Quik, vodka, and wheat germ would work together…
Again, the only worthwhile cheap gas station ice cream treat is the ice cream sandwich. Now how would we make that? Ok, fudgesicles would do in a pinch.
Kahlua is also good in brownies and cheesecake. It’s not like you can ONLY use it for the Russians…
On what planet can you only use Kahlua for white/black russians?
Pour it over ice cream. Put it in coffee. Both are delicious.
Hell, make a girly chocolate/coffee ‘martini’ thing if you want. Or a B-52. Or a mudslide.
Mmm, Kahlua.
Not the biggest fan of coffee-flavored stuff, but Kahlua is good in egg nog. Not quite as good as amaretto, but still tasty.
I think that nearly all of us who spend too much time on the internet, drink too much coffee, and indulge in the odd alcoholic beverage ( I still haven’t resorted to putting alcohol in my morning coffee – but it’s occurred to me), and play video games more than 20 minutes/day are in serious risk of heart disease, therefore I consider myself excused…
I just met Cointreau on watermelon. You couldn’t quite identify it, but it was definitely good!