Name: The Italian Job No. 1
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 12.5 ml Chartreuse Green; 10 ml Chartreuse Yellow; 22.5 ml Red bitter liqueur; 22.5 ml Mandarin liqueur; 45 ml Pink grapefruit juice; 15 ml Lemon juice; 7.5 ml Sugar syrup (2:1); 45 ml Tonic water

The Italian Job No. 1
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Serve in a Collins glass

Ingredients:
0.42 oz	Green Chartreuse (or alternative herbal liqueur)
¹⁄₃ oz	Yellow Chartreuse (or génépy liqueur)
³⁄₄ oz	Strucchi Red Bitter (Campari-style liqueur)
³⁄₄ oz	Mandarine Napoleon liqueur
1 ¹⁄₂ oz	Pink grapefruit juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₂ oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₄ oz	Monin Pure Cane Syrup (65.0°brix, equivalent to 2:1 rich syrup)
1 ¹⁄₂ oz	Thomas Henry Tonic Water

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Garnish: Orange slice

How to make:

SHAKE first 7 ingredients with ice and fine strain into ice-filled glass. TOP with tonic water.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

This orange coloured drink combines sweet and sour flavours in a most interesting and grown up way.

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History:

Adapted from a recipe created in 2001 by Tony Conigliaro at Isola in Knightsbridge, London, England. The original recipe calls for 22.5ml of the now-defunct Monasterium liqueur so I've replaced with Chartreuse (50/50ish Green & Yellow), which I suspect was the inspiration for Monasterium.

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Nutrition:

One serving of The Italian Job No. 1 contains 265 calories

Alcohol content:

1.3 standard drinks
10.36% alc./vol. (10.36° proof)
18.6 grams of pure alcohol

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David Porter

22nd January 2022 at 21:19

As monasterium is now discontinued any suggestions as to what to use instead? Have tried with a mixture of green chartreuse (no yellow at the moment) and St Germain, then with Bénédictine; both acceptable and complex drinks as I think the original is meant to be but feel I am missing something more citrus. Off to France soon so will try it with some Genepii ?

Simon Difford

22nd January 2022 at 23:14

Hi David. Like you, I reached for Chartreuse and a mix of Green and Yellow. I'm sure I still have some Monasterium somewhere but lost amongst all my other scattered bottles. I've amended the recipe accordingly.

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