Name: Maiden's Blush
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Gin; 20 ml Orange Curaçao; 10 ml Lemon juice; 5 ml Grenadine syrup; 2.5 ml Sugar syrup 'rich' (2:1)

Ingredients

1 ¹⁄₂ fl oz

Hayman's London Dry Gin

²⁄₃ fl oz

Ferrand Dry Curaçao liqueur

¹⁄₃ fl oz

Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)

¹⁄₆ fl oz

Monin Grenadine Syrup

¹⁄₁₂ fl oz

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

How to make

Glassware

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.

Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist.

Method

SHAKE all ingredients with ice.

FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

EXPRESS lemon zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Maiden's Blush contains 189 calories

Alcohol content:

1.5 standard drinks
23.66% alc./vol. (47.33° proof)
20.9 grams of pure alcohol

Comments & Discussion

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tguyfieri 2y

This drink is very interesting. Gordon's gives a celery note, oddly enough, and I like it more than I expect. A lot of cocktails dilute the alcoholic taste, but this recipe for a Maiden's Blush has a bite in the throat the moment you drink it. Very fun drink, and if you like gin you'll probably love it.

Russell Lee 2y

Tried a Maiden's Blush for the first time tonight - surprisingly less zippy and more subtle, which I appreciated. I enjoyed Pierre Ferrand here, to maintain a balanced sweetness. A fragrant grenadine with the right hits of orange blossom (or rose water, I'm sure) really rounds out the rest of the palate. I also omitted the simple syrup, and opted for a barely-more generous barspoon of grenadine for more "blush" (plus I didn't need to reach for another syrup bottle for simplicity's sake).

Miguel Perales Premium Member 3y

A dry, citrus and gin forward cocktail. The homemade grenadine comes in at the end. Not overly sweet, but I could see where it would be pushing the envelope for some.

Benjamin McCabe 3y

Personally think it works better with Cointreau than Pierre Ferrand.

John Hinojos Premium Member 4y

Had for an aperitif on Valentine's Day with pate and Scottish oat cakes. Went perfectly. Did back off a bit on the sugar syrup and would probably omit next time. Loved it.

Anne-Marie Murray 5y

I like it, but I'm not sure I'd go out of my way to make it again. I guess I'm ambivalent about it.

anna pilgrim 6y

I enjoyed this. I have a large amount of homemade grenadine to use up and this has the right balance of sweet and sour. Thanks!

Andy K 6y

Great website Simon - I’ve been using it lots and it’s been awesome in lockdown. My first comment - this is too sweet! Less grenadine maybe? More lemon juice?

Simon Difford Verified User Premium Member 6y

Many thanks for your kind words. Agreed! Just made a few times to experiment with different recipes and as a result, I've changed specs of all in the recipe above, including switching from triple sec to orange curaçao. Hope an improvement. [30/Aug/20]

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Maiden's Blush