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» This page is about a liqueur. For the Dutch football manager, see Dick Advocaat.
Advocaat (or
advokatt) is a rich and creamy
liqueur made from
eggs, sugar and brandy. It has a smooth taste that's fairly similar to almonds. In English-speaking countries it generally contains 15%
alcohol (30
proof), but in
Continental Europe the typical alcohol content differs from country to country and is generally somewhere between 14% and 20%
ABV. Its contents may be a blend of
egg yolks, aromatic
spirits, sugar or
honey,
brandy,
vanilla and sometimes
cream (or
evaporated milk). Famous makers of advocaat include Warners,
Bols, Verpoorten, Warninks and De Kuyper.
Types
Thick advocaat is sold on the
Dutch and
Tirolian markets and often eaten with a spoon, while a more liquid version is sold as an export. Thick advocaat contains egg yolk, and is used as an ingredient for several kinds of desserts such as
ice cream and pastries. It is also served as an
apéritif or
digestif. The traditional way to serve it's in a wide glass with whipped cream and
cocoa powder sprinkled on top.
In the export variety only the pure egg yolks are used, making it particularly well suited for
cocktails and
long drinks. The best known cocktail using advocaat is the Snowball: a mixture of advocaat, sparkling
lemonade and sometimes
lime juice, although this isn't required for the drink. Another highly popular advocaat-based beverage is the
Bombardino, a drink commonly found in
Italian skiing settings, made by mixing advocaat, black coffee, and
whiskey.
History
The original advocaat was a liquor made by the Dutch population of
Suriname and
Recife with
avocados. Upon returning to the Netherlands, where avocados were not available, a similar texture was achieved with thickened egg yolk. The original Aztec name of the fruit, ahuacatl, was transliterated to Spanish as "avogado", the Spanish word for lawyer. Thus it was translated to many other continental languages as their word for lawyer. This led to the misidentification of the name's origin as relating to the Dutch legal community.
Rompope of
Puebla,
Mexico, is a very similar liquor based on egg yolk and vanilla.
See also
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