Name: Merry Widow(er)
Prep time: 3 min
Total time: 3 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Gin; 45 ml Vermouth - Dry; 10 ml Bénédictine D.O.M. liqueur; 1 Absinthe verte (green); 1 Peychaud's / Creole bitters

Serve in a

Martini glass

Garnish:

Lemon zest twist

How to make:

STIR all ingredients with ice and strain into chilled glass.

1 1/2 fl oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin
1 1/2 fl oz	Strucchi Dry Vermouth
1/3 fl oz	Bénédictine D.O.M. liqueur
1 dash	La Fée Parisienne absinthe
1 dash	Peychaud's or other Creole-style bitters
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£ 26.25 £ 1.69 per cocktail, makes 15.5 Bénédictine D.O.M., 70cl

£ 30.75 £ 0.44 per cocktail, makes 70 La Fée Parisienne absinthe, 70cl

£ 51.50 £ 0.15 per cocktail, makes 350 Peychaud's Aromatic Bitters, 8cl

£ 9.95 £ 0.25 per cocktail, makes 40

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Review:

Gin laced, dry and aromatic with faint herbal and aniseed.

Variant:

Minnie the Moocher

History:

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

MERRY WIDOW COCKTAIL.
2 Dashes Absinthe.
2 Dashes Angostura Bitters.
2 Dashes Bénédictine.
½ French Vermouth.
½ Dry Gin.
Stir well and strain into cocktail glass. Twist lemon peel on top.
Harry Craddock, 1930

Nutrition:

One serving of Merry Widow(er) contains 182 calories.

Alcohol content:

1.9 standard drinks
26.09% alc./vol. (52.18° proof)
26.3 grams of pure alcohol

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