Molotov Cocktail

Molotov Cocktail image

Serve in

a Martini glass...
1½ fl oz Ketel One Vodka
1¼ fl oz Giffard Parfait Amour
½ fl oz Black sambuca liqueur
½ fl oz Freshly squeezed lemon juice
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How to make:

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

Garnish:

Lemon zest twist

Comment:

The ingredients represent the four liquids used in the weapon. Vodka, stands for alcohol, parfait amour shares the purple hue of paraffin, lemon juice represents gasoline and black sambuca replaces tar.

About:

Created after a visit to the Rajamäki distillery in Finland. At the start of the Second World War the plant was used to produce Molotov cocktails, inflammatory bombs with which the Finns put hundreds of Soviet tanks out of action.

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