This Frangelico amaretto martini is delicious and lusciously flavoured with creamy hazelnut, almond, and hints of vanilla. It is so easy to make and so festive to make throughout the winter season. Serve it chilled in a beautifully decorated martini glass.
This cocktail is absolutely perfect for a Christmas or holiday gathering. Winter pear cocktail and blood orange negroni are some other delicious winter cocktails that you are sure to enjoy.
Ingredients
- Vanilla Vodka
- Frangelico - A sweet and caramel-coloured Italian liqueur made from Italian hazelnuts combined with coffee, cocoa, and vanilla extracts. The flavour of this liqueur is quite delicious. The recipe is said to be based on that of monks' more than 300 years ago. Experts of distilling, these Italian monks infused liquor with wild hazelnuts. Frangelico is named after a hermit monk, Fra'Angelico, who lived in the Piedmont Hills in the 18th century.
- Amaretto - Another sweet, Italian liqueur. This one originated in Saronno, in the Lombardy region. It can be made from almonds, bitter almonds, peach stones or apricots kernels. All of these are natural sources of benzaldehyde, which gives amaretto its distinctive almond flavour. The legends of its origin date this liquor back to the year 1525. I used Disaronno amaretto in this recipe.
- Heavy cream
- For rim: cinnamon and sugar
Substitutions
You can substitute vanilla vodka with regular vodka plus a very tiny drop of pure vanilla extract.
Instructions
Start by moistening the rim of a martini glass with agave syrup, lemon juice, or water.
Then dipped the glass into a shallow dish filled with a blend of ground cinnamon and granulated sugar.
Add the vanilla vodka, Frangelico, amaretto, and cream into a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake well, for about 20 seconds. This adds ice crystals into the martini and reduces the thickness of the cream.
Strain into a martini glass and serve.
Foliage glass decoration
To make this festive decoration for your martini glasses, you will need:
- Tiny conifer branches - I used lemon cypress and the smell was incredible.
- Berry foliage - I used cream hypericum berries, also known as St. John's wort.
- Brown twine
Note: Add the cinnamon sugar rim first, so that the berries don't fall off when you invert the glass for dipping.
Arrange the branches how you would like them to sit around the glass, making sure to leave space so that you can easily sip without getting a mouthful of tree.
Take twine and wind it around, securing the branches to the glass stem.
Trim the berries off from their main stem, removing any leaves but keep a bit of stem. Press the berries into the conifer branches.
Equipment
To make this Frangelico amaretto martini you will need:
- Cocktail shaker
- Japanese jigger
- Cocktail strainer
All of these and many more useful bartending tools can be found inside this cocktail bar set.
You will also need a martini glass to serve it in.
Tip for Success
- Make sure to shake this martini vigorously for the full 20 seconds. Doing so causes the ice cubes inside to make tiny ice crystals inside the liquid, which gives a lovely consistency to the cocktail by diluting the cream, as well as making it icy cold.
FAQ
Yes, this cocktail is also known as a Turtle Dove martini.
📖 Recipe
Frangelico Amaretto Martini
- Prep Time: 1 minute
- Total Time: 1 minute
- Yield: 1 cocktail 1x
- Category: Cocktails
- Cuisine: American
Description
This Frangelico amaretto martini is delicious and lusciously flavoured with creamy hazelnut, almond, and hints of vanilla.
Ingredients
2 oz (60ml) vanilla vodka
2 oz (60ml) Frangelico hazelnut liqueur
1 oz (30ml) amaretto
1 ½ oz (45ml) cream
cinnamon and sugar, for rim
Instructions
Start by moistening the rim of a martini glass with agave syrup, lemon juice, or water.
Then dipped the glass into a shallow dish filled with a blend of ground cinnamon and granulated sugar.
Add the vanilla vodka, Frangelico, amaretto, and cream into a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake well, for about 20 seconds. This adds ice crystals into the martini and reduces the thickness of the cream.
Strain into a martini glass and serve.
Nutrition
- Serving Size:
- Calories: 145
- Sugar: 4.2 g
- Sodium: 12 mg
- Fat: 15.3 g
- Carbohydrates: 42.8 g
- Protein: 1.2 g
- Cholesterol: 48.1 mg
Keywords: Frangelico amaretto martini
Barb says
Cool cocktail. Really enjoyable.
Asha says
Thank you Barb 🙂
Barb says
Delicious. Made this to ring in the new year all by my lonely so I had two.
Will be making again for sure.
Asha says
Thank you Barb, I'm glad that it could bring you some cheer. Happy New Year 🙂
Lillian says
I am in luv with this cocktail. Amazing.
Asha says
Thanks!
Leanne says
Great taste.
Asha says
Thank you 🙂
Brianna says
Absolutely delightful.
Asha says
Thank you!
Paisley says
Nutty and delightful.
Asha says
Thank you 🙂
Carrie says
Love how this drink tastes.
Asha says
Thank you 🙂
Bev says
Delicious drink.
Asha says
Thank you 🙂
Laura says
Love it!!!
Asha says
Thank you!
Gina says
The flavor it just amazing. Of course I love hazelnuts.
Asha says
Thank you 🙂 I'm obsessed with hazelnuts too.