Garnish:
Luxardo Maraschino cherry
How to make:
SHAKE all ingredients with ice and fine strain into chilled glass.
| 1 1/2 fl oz | Rutte Dry Gin |
| 1/2 fl oz | Noilly Prat Extra Dry |
| 1/2 fl oz | Martini Rosso sweet vermouth |
| 1/4 fl oz | Orange Curaçao liqueur |
| 1/4 fl oz | Lemon juice (freshly squeezed) |
| 1 dash | Angostura Aromatic Bitters |
| 1/12 fl oz | Sugar syrup (rich) 2 sugar to 1 water (optional) |
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AKA:
Periodista (Journalist in Spanish).
Review:
Like some journalists I've met, this cocktail is bitter and sour, so a sweetener is called for (– an optional splash of sugar syrup).
History:
Adapted from the following recipe in Harry Craddock's 1930 The Savoy Cocktail Book.
"JOURNALIST COCKTAIL.
2 dashes Lemon Juice.
2 dashes Curaçao.
1 dash Angostura Bitters.
1/6 French Vermouth.
1/6 Italian Vermouth.
2/3 Gordon's Dry Gin.
Shake well and strain into cocktail glass."
Nutrition:
There are approximately 167 calories in one serving of The Journalist.
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