Blood and Sand

Blood and Sand

Blood and Sand

This Scotch cocktail is one of the few classic scotch cocktails.

Prep Time 2 minutes
Total Time 2 minutes

Ingredients

  • ¾ oz Chivas Regal Scotch whisky or any blended scotch whisky
  • ¾ oz Cherry Heering
  • ¾ oz Italian sweet vermouth
  • ¾ oz fresh-squeezed orange juice or blood orange juice - a sweet orange known also as raspberry orange.

Instructions

  1. Shake and strain into a cocktail glass.
  2. Garnish with an orange peel.

Notes

The recipe first appeared in 1930 in "The Savoy Cocktail Book" by Harry Craddock.

It gets its name from a 1922 bullfighter movie and points to its ingredients:

Heering is the "blood, and the orange juice is the "sand."

Nutrition Information:

Yield:

1

Serving Size:

1

Amount Per Serving: Calories: 216Total Fat: 0gSaturated Fat: 0gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 0gCholesterol: 0mgSodium: 2mgCarbohydrates: 9gFiber: 1gSugar: 6gProtein: 0g

This data was provided and calculated by Nutritionix.

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