Name: Mint Cocktail
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 12 fresh Mint leaves; 60 ml Gin; 30 ml Sauvignon blanc wine; 7.5 ml White crème de menthe; 7.5 ml Sugar syrup (2:1)

Mint Cocktail
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Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
12 fresh	Mint leaves
2 oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin
1 oz	Sauvignon blanc wine
¹⁄₄ oz	Giffard Menthe Pastille white crème de menthe
¹⁄₄ oz	Monin Pure Cane Syrup (65.0°brix, equivalent to 2:1 rich syrup)

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Garnish: Mint leaf

How to make:

SHAKE all ingredients with ice and fine strain into chilled glass. (There's no need to muddle mint if a good shake and ice is used.)

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Sauvignon blanc wine - Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

Review:

A great grassy, minty digestif with a good balance between acidity and sweetness.

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History:

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

MINT COCKTAIL
Soak a few sprigs of fresh mint for two hours in a glass and a half of White Wine. Add half a glass of Crème de Menthe, 2 glasses of Gin and 1½ glasses of White Wine. Ice and shake thoroughly.
Serve with a sprig of mint tastefully arranged in each glass.
Harry Craddock, 1930

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Chris Dimal

21st August 2023 at 18:40

Nice drink after a meal, almost like a gin Stinger. Nice balance of mint (both fresh and sweet) with the slight acidity of the white wine and the botanicals of the gin.