Name: Love and Murder
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 30 ml Red bitter liqueur; 30 ml Chartreuse Green; 30 ml Lime juice; 15 ml Sugar syrup 'rich' (2:1); 4 drop Saline solution 4:1

Ingredients

1 fl oz

Italian red bitter liqueur

1 fl oz

Green Chartreuse (or alternative herbal liqueur)

1 fl oz

Lime juice (freshly squeezed)

1/2 fl oz

Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water) 65.0°Brix

4 drop

Saline solution (20g sea salt to 80g water) or merest pinch of s

How to make

Glass

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.

No garnish to prepare.

Method

SHAKE all ingredients with ice.

FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

Serve naked, without garnish.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Love & Murder contains 229 calories

Alcohol content:

1.4 standard drinks
16.79% alc./vol. (33.58° proof)
18.9 grams of pure alcohol

History

Adapted from a recipe created in 2021 by Nick Bennett, beverage director at Porchlight in New York City, USA. On the bar's menu, this was listed under the heading "Guzzlers", cocktails described as being "Light & easy...maybe too easy". This cocktail's name was apparently inspired by a Broadway play called The Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder.

Comments & Discussion

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Letti Penguin Premium Member 39w

Based on Asher’s suggestion I tried this with mezcal and I like it! Adds a nice Smokey dimension. 22.5ml each Campari, lime juice, green chartreuse and mezcal, 5ml sugar (we like things sharp and bitter), pinch of salt. Perhaps ‘Amor y asesinato del puebla’ as I used Del Maguey Puebla?

Gareth Hives Premium Member 39w

That sounds lovely, will do tomorrow night. I’m trying to eek the last bit out of my chartreuse, I wish it wasn’t so expensive!

Cassandra Adams Premium Member 41w

Guzzler indeed! The Campari and Chartreuse align very closely and create something that is not just the sum of their parts.

Beth Schneider 1y

I love both Campari and Chartreuse but I wouldn’t murder for this cocktail.

Juan Simon 1y

Chartreuse and Campari! What else?

Michelle Bell 2y

The recipe I used was with ¼ oz Rich Syrup….also this is one of cocktail that I serve in a Valentines Day Party, as it includes all flavors in relationships. LOL

Olga María Gómez Henderson 2y

Is it possible to substitute the saline solution with normal salt?

Nikolaj Thøgersen Premium Member 2y

Certainly. But it's much easier to measure out the right amount in liquid form.
I bought a dripper bottle from a health store. 20g salt, 80g water. Very easy, very cheap.

Olga María Gómez Henderson 2y

I see. Thank you.

Asher Günther 2y

Excellent drink. My instinct tells me to add mezcal which I realised is only marginally different to a Naked & Famous

Letti Penguin Premium Member 41w

I like that idea - did you try it?

Yossi Burg 2y

I made this for my partner and had a little test for myself as well. Brilliant drink although I used only 10ml rich syrup and on her advice next time I will make will cut the syrup down to 7.5 ml. We both prefer our drinks on the little less sweet side. The saline is definitely essential!