Name: Maiden's Blush
Prep time: 4 min
Total time: 4 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Gin; 20 ml Orange Curaçao liqueur; 10 ml Lemon juice (freshly squeezed); 5 ml Grenadine/pomegranate syrup; 2.5 ml Sugar syrup 'rich' 2 sugar to 1 water

Serve in a

Coupe glass

Garnish:

Lemon zest twist

How to make:

SHAKE all ingredients with ice and fine strain into chilled glass.

1 1/2 fl oz	Rutte Dry Gin
2/3 fl oz	Orange Curaçao liqueur
1/3 fl oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
1/6 fl oz	Grenadine/pomegranate syrup (2:1)
1/12 fl oz	Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water, 65.0°brix)
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Review:

Pale pink (depending on your grenadine), gin-laced rich fruit and subtle lemon sourness.

History:

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

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Nutrition:

One serving of Maiden's Blush contains 173 calories.

Alcohol content:

1.6 standard drinks
26.74% alc./vol. (53.48° proof)
22.1 grams of pure alcohol

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