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Stitch's Liquor Cabinet: Rompope Shooters
17 years ago
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It's sweet. It's creamy. It's Mexican.
It's rompope, a Spanish version of eggnog. Essentially a blend of eggs, milk, and vanilla, it differs from Amercan eggnog mainly in that it doesn't rely on heavy spices like nutmeg and cinnamon. While the lack of seasonings may leave rompope seeming a bit less zesty than Euro-style eggnog, its creamy simplicity makes it awesome for blending with other stuff to create a vast array of tasty treats.
In Mexico it's often blended with nuts, strawberries, and spices to make special drinks for holidays and wedding celebrations. Indeed, I've found that this rum-based concoction is a spectacularly versatile mixer that can be used with nearly any kind of sweet or spicy liqueur.
My brand of choice is this: http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a9.....er/Rompope.jpg
Don't let the stern Catholic nun on the bottle fool you into thinking you're committing a sin... Santa Clara Rompope may look like something you'd pick up at a flea market next to a spread of plastic Jesus dashboard bobbles, but there's no need to feel guilty about sipping its creamy goodness. And, at less than 10 bucks a bottle, you don't need to feel guilty about putting a dent in your pocketbook, either.
These are four of my own 'recipes', each one essentially a one-to-one layering of rompope with another mixer: http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a9.....peShooters.jpg
1) Orange Creamsicle - This is a 50/50 mix with orangecello, which is a sweet orange liqueur from Italy. Tastes pretty much like those orange-and-ice-cream bars you used to get from the ice cream truck.
2) Berries & Cream - This one's my favorite. It's made with Chambord, which attentive drinkers will recognize as the raspberry/blackberry liqueur necessary for making a Purple Hooter. It tastes exactly like a dish of fresh berries and whole cream.
3) Chocolate Milk - I made this one out of Vermeer chocolate liqueur, though I imagine any kind of chocolate-flavored mixer would work. I'm pretty sure this is what the Nestlé Quik Bunny drinks when he gets home in the evening.
4) Sweet Melon - That nuclear-green stuff is Midori melon liqueur. This is a great early evening pick me up, especially served chilled on a warm summer night.
These are just the ones that I've come up with so far, but like I said there's little you can't do with rompope. Some other suggestions: try mixing it with grenadine syrup, or Rose's lime, or limoncello, or even Aftershock cinnamon liqueur. After all, everything that tastes good tastes even better when it's creamy.
It's rompope, a Spanish version of eggnog. Essentially a blend of eggs, milk, and vanilla, it differs from Amercan eggnog mainly in that it doesn't rely on heavy spices like nutmeg and cinnamon. While the lack of seasonings may leave rompope seeming a bit less zesty than Euro-style eggnog, its creamy simplicity makes it awesome for blending with other stuff to create a vast array of tasty treats.
In Mexico it's often blended with nuts, strawberries, and spices to make special drinks for holidays and wedding celebrations. Indeed, I've found that this rum-based concoction is a spectacularly versatile mixer that can be used with nearly any kind of sweet or spicy liqueur.
My brand of choice is this: http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a9.....er/Rompope.jpg
Don't let the stern Catholic nun on the bottle fool you into thinking you're committing a sin... Santa Clara Rompope may look like something you'd pick up at a flea market next to a spread of plastic Jesus dashboard bobbles, but there's no need to feel guilty about sipping its creamy goodness. And, at less than 10 bucks a bottle, you don't need to feel guilty about putting a dent in your pocketbook, either.
These are four of my own 'recipes', each one essentially a one-to-one layering of rompope with another mixer: http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a9.....peShooters.jpg
1) Orange Creamsicle - This is a 50/50 mix with orangecello, which is a sweet orange liqueur from Italy. Tastes pretty much like those orange-and-ice-cream bars you used to get from the ice cream truck.
2) Berries & Cream - This one's my favorite. It's made with Chambord, which attentive drinkers will recognize as the raspberry/blackberry liqueur necessary for making a Purple Hooter. It tastes exactly like a dish of fresh berries and whole cream.
3) Chocolate Milk - I made this one out of Vermeer chocolate liqueur, though I imagine any kind of chocolate-flavored mixer would work. I'm pretty sure this is what the Nestlé Quik Bunny drinks when he gets home in the evening.
4) Sweet Melon - That nuclear-green stuff is Midori melon liqueur. This is a great early evening pick me up, especially served chilled on a warm summer night.
These are just the ones that I've come up with so far, but like I said there's little you can't do with rompope. Some other suggestions: try mixing it with grenadine syrup, or Rose's lime, or limoncello, or even Aftershock cinnamon liqueur. After all, everything that tastes good tastes even better when it's creamy.
Stitch
~stitch
OP
The one I've yet to master is the 7-layer drink... those always ends up smooshing together into a brownish goo in my glass.
Stitch
~stitch
OP
Yah, my problem is I've yet to figure out the various 'weights' of the liqueurs (I'm just too lazy to sit down and do the work, plus after drinking three or four mistakes I'm usually done for the evening). I usually use the back of a spoon to pour down... I find I get a little better control that way.
Stitch
~stitch
OP
That'd be delicious, I imagine.
Stitch
~stitch
OP
I'm starting to experiment with multi-layered compositions... different fruit flavors mixed together and rendered creamy with the rompope. I've yet to try amaretto, but next time I'm out shopping I think I'll pick me up a fresh bottle. You've got it, this stuff is full of possibilities.
