French Connection
ClassicCognac and amaretto, built over ice. As simple as a two-ingredient cocktail gets.
NightcapRich
2 minEasyStrong
Warm and nutty, amaretto's almond sweetness folding into cognac's dried-fruit richness — a slow sipper, not a drink built for speed.
Ingredients
- 1 oz Cognac
- 1 oz Amaretto
- None · optional garnish
Method
- 1
Fill a rocks glass with cubed ice.
- 2
Add the cognac and amaretto.
- 3
Stir briefly to combine.
The Story
The French Connection takes its name from the 1971 crime film, arriving on bar menus not long after as a fashionable after-dinner order — cognac for the "French," amaretto standing in for the Italian half of the story. It has no earlier history to speak of and needs none: a level pour of two spirits over ice is the entire recipe, and that simplicity is exactly why it never left the digestif menu.
Glass · Rocks glassGarnish · None
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