French connection
Cocktail avec alcool
Catégorie : Alcoolisé
Ingrédients
- 2.50 cl de amaretto
- 5 cl de cognac
Préparation
In a cognac glass, pour in the cognac, then the Amareto, gently swirling the glass to mix.You can garnish with a cherry or an orange zest.
Histoire
The French Connection is a simple cocktail, generally made with amaretto and cognac, most often served as an aperitif or digestif. Despite its name, it is not originally a French cocktail, nor a recipe from Africa: its identity is above all linked to the culture of Anglo-Saxon bars of the 20th century. This blend belongs to the family of short drinks, where the amaretto brings an almond sweetness while the cognac adds structure and notes of dried fruit and wood.
The exact origin of the French Connection is difficult to date precisely, as with many cocktails that appeared in urban bars without formal documentation. It is however generally associated with the 1970s and 1980s, a period during which simple cocktails made with two spirits became popular. Its name probably evokes an association of prestige and exoticism: the word French refers to cognac, an emblematic French spirit, while Connection suggests a link between two taste worlds, one sweeter and the other more noble and wine-like.
The recipe became especially well known in North American and British bars before being adopted internationally. It is sometimes presented as a cousin of the Godfather, a similar cocktail that replaces cognac with whisky. If the French Connection has sometimes been wrongly linked to African origins in certain sources, there is no solid historical evidence to support this. Its known history is therefore that of a modern cocktail, born in contemporary Western mixology and made popular by its great simplicity.