Name: Leave It To Me No.1
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Gin; 10 ml Apricot liqueur; 10 ml Dry vermouth; 2.5 ml Lemon juice; 2.5 ml Grenadine syrup

Leave It To Me No.1
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Serve in a Nick & Nora glass

Ingredients:
1 ¹⁄₂ oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin
¹⁄₃ oz	Luxardo Apricot Albicocca Liqueur
¹⁄₃ oz	Strucchi Dry Vermouth
¹⁄₁₂ oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₁₂ oz	Monin Grenadine Syrup

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Nick & Nora glass.
Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist.
SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
EXPRESS lemon zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Dry vermouth - Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

Gin, apricot, vermouth and lemon create an old-fashioned but well-balanced drink.

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History:

Adapted from a recipe in Harry Craddock's 1930 The Savoy Cocktail Book.

LEAVE IT TO ME COCKTAIL. (No.1.)
1 Dash Lemon Juice.
¼ Apricot Brandy.
¼ French Vermouth.
1 Dash Grenadine.
½ Plymouth Gin.
Shake well and strain into cocktail glass.
Harry Craddock, 1930

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Nutrition:

One serving of Leave It To Me No.1 contains 141 calories

Alcohol content:

1.2 standard drinks
24.52% alc./vol. (24.52° proof)
17.2 grams of pure alcohol

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John Hinojos

2nd June 2023 at 00:47

This cocktail has been on my wish list forever. So glad we decided to have tonight as an aperitif. Delightful. Nice hints of herbal with a hint of apricot and lemon. Would definitely have again.

David Teager

18th December 2022 at 23:49

Hmmm… neither fish (daisy) nor fowl (martini), as they say. I’ll stick with a Sunset Park if I want the vermouth/apricot combination. Or I’ll try just a good twist of lemon rather than a squeeze (and keep the drink pink and clear).