Name: Opera
Prep time: 3 min
Total time: 3 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Gin; 20 ml Dubonnet/French rouge aromatised wine; 5 ml Maraschino liqueur; 5 ml Mandarine liqueur; 2 Orange bitters

Serve in a

Nick & Nora glass

Photographed in an

UB Nick and Nora Gold 6oz

Garnish:

Orange zest twist

How to make:

STIR all ingredients with ice and strain into chilled glass.

1 1/2 fl oz	Rutte Dry Gin
2/3 fl oz	Dubonnet/French rouge aromatised wine
1/6 fl oz	Luxardo Maraschino liqueur
1/6 fl oz	Mandarine Napoleon liqueur
2 dash	Orange Bitters by Angostura
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Review:

I've combined classic recipes from both Jacques Straub (1914) and Harry Craddock (1930) in this gin-laced, vinous, late-night sipper with delicate mandarin and maraschino richness.

History:

The Opera cocktail first appeared in Jacques Straub's 1914 book Drinks. However, the version of the Opera mostly seen today comes from Harry Craddock's 1930 The Savoy Cocktail Book.

Opera Cocktail.
½ jigger Dubonnet.
½ jigger dry gin.
2 barspoons crême de mandarine.
Twist orange peel on top.
Shake, strain and serve.
Jacques Straub, 1914

OPERA COCKTAIL.
1/6 Maraschino.
1/6 Dubonnet.
2/3 Dry gin.
Shake well and strain into cocktail glass. Squeeze orange peel on top.
Harry Craddock, 1930

Nutrition:

One serving of Opera contains 145 calories.

Alcohol content:

1.6 standard drinks
29.19% alc./vol. (58.38° proof)
22.1 grams of pure alcohol

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