Name: Maiden's Prayer
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Gin; 22.5 ml Triple sec; 22.5 ml Orange juice; 10 ml Lemon juice; 1 dash Orange bitters; 2 drop Saline solution 4:1

Maiden's Prayer
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Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
1 ¹⁄₂ oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin
³⁄₄ oz	Cointreau triple sec liqueur
³⁄₄ oz	Orange juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₃ oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
1 dash	Orange Bitters by Angostura optional
2 drop	Saline solution 4:1 (20g sea salt to 80g water) optional

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How to make:

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

Strength & taste guide:

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Review:

Fresh, zesty orange with a pleasing touch of gin.

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Variant:

Between The Sheets

History:

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

MAIDEN'S PRAYER COCKTAIL. (N0. 1.)
1/8 Orange Juice.
1/8 Lemon Juice.
3/8 Cointreau.
3/8 Dry Gin.
SHAKE well and strain into cocktail glass.

MAIDEN'S PRAYER COCKTAIL. (N0. 2.)
1/3 Kina Lillet.
1/3 Dry Gin.
1/6 Calvados.
1/6 Pricota.
SHAKE well and strain into cocktail glass.
Harry Craddock, 1930

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Nutrition:

One serving of Maiden's Prayer contains 162 calories

Alcohol content:

1.5 standard drinks
20.24% alc./vol. (20.24° proof)
20.3 grams of pure alcohol

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Erik Hygrell

28th June at 20:57

Another enjoyable variation:
3 cl gin London dry with herbal notes
2 cl curaçao/triple sec
2,5 cl orange juice
1 cl lemon juice
orange zest twist

Simon Difford

29th June at 06:24

I've just checked with our Cocktail Finder and, incredibly, your combination of four ingredients doesn't already exist. What do you call this new cocktail?

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G. M. Genovese

13th February at 12:08

The specs above yield a slightly more dynamic version of a Screwdriver. I shifted the measures to 25 ml orange (Cara Cara) and 15 ml lemon and that electrified the drink more to my taste. Orange juice is bland af, so this is essentially a vehicle to deliver OJ. I think my changes will change the brunch world.

Jose Cruz

2nd December 2022 at 05:05

This was the first drink i almost could not finish. i fixed it by adding 30 ml OJ and 20 Ml agave syrup. 10/10 would fix again :D

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