Today is Amaretto Day and we have a cocktail to share; todays cocktail is the Black Almond from Kita at Pass the Sushi. She says that the cocktail was created by her father; the only change to the recipe we’ve made, is that we are using Kraken Black Spiced Rum instead of Captain Morgan’s Black Spiced Rum, as we have the former but not the latter (which doesn’t seem to be available in the UK).
I’m a big fan of almond, or things which taste like almond such as Disaronno, so when I was looking for a cocktail to use and found this I was intrigued.
Unless Captain Morgan’s Black Spiced Rum has some extra dark quality to it, I think there has been some trickery with the photos on the Pass the Sushi site to show pictures of the drink looking so dark, as it came out a medium brown (which I would expect with brown amaretto and pale brown ginger ale. However, it is very good and one I’ll return to again in future.
A last note; often the reason for the date of a particular day is not known, but 19th April was selected as it is the birthday of Domenico Reina, who first started producing Disaronno in Saronno, Italy, in the 20th century..
