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Prince Henry

Name: Prince Henry
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 50 ml Gin; 50 ml Rosso/sweet vermouth; 2.5 ml White crème de menthe; 1 dash Orange bitters

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Ingredients
1 ²⁄₃ fl oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin
1 ²⁄₃ fl oz	Strucchi Rosso Vermouth
¹⁄₁₂ fl oz	Giffard Menthe Pastille white crème de menthe
1 dash	Orange Bitters by Angostura

How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Coupe glass

Method

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
Prepare garnish of float mint leaf or peg to rim.
STIR all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Prince Henry contains 194 calories

Alcohol content:

1.6 standard drinks
22.43% alc./vol. (44.86° proof)
23.1 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Rosso/rouge/sweet vermouth (di Torino) — Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

History

Adapted from a recipe in Albert Stevens Crockett's 1931 Old Waldorf Bar Days.

PRINCE HENRY*
Martini with a dash of Crème de Menthe
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...the Prince Henry, concocted to celebrate the arrival of the once-distinguished Kaiser's apostolic brother, who was dined and wines prodigiously in the hotel's grand ballroom just above the Barroom.
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MARTINI
Dash of Orange Bitters
One-half Tom Gin
One-half Italian Vermouth
Stir; strain
Albert S. Crockett, 1931

Review

A Sweet Fifty-Fifty Dry Martini freshened with a splash of crème de menthe.

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John Hinojos Premium Member 2y

Lovely cocktail. The mint is not obtrusive and adds a refreshing aftertaste to the cocktail. Found it a tad too sweet for our palate, would consider adding of the vermouth with dry.

Jeremy Harrold 2y

The touch of mint works well.

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