Name: Parisian Cocktail
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 40 ml Gin; 50 ml Dry vermouth; 20 ml Crème de cassis

Parisian Cocktail
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Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
1 ¹⁄₃ oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin
1 ²⁄₃ oz	Strucchi Dry Vermouth
²⁄₃ oz	Joseph Cartron Double Crème de Cassis de Bourgogne

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How to make:

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

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Dry vermouth - Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

Rich cassis tempered by gin and dry vermouth.

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History:

A drink created in the 1920s to promote crème de cassis. Recipe adapted from Harry Craddock's 1930 The Savoy Cocktail Book.

PARISIAN COCKTAIL.
1/3 French Vermouth.
1/3 Crème de Cassis.
1/3 Gin.
Shake well and strain into cocktail glass.
Harry Craddock, 1930

Nutrition:

One serving of Parisian Cocktail contains 203 calories

Alcohol content:

1.6 standard drinks
20.96% alc./vol. (20.96° proof)
23 grams of pure alcohol

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Annabelle Egginton

4th January at 19:29

This is a well balanced cocktail with just enough cassis to break through the vermouth and it doesn’t overwhelm the gin.

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Gillian Williams

16th December 2023 at 17:38

For me it’s a perfect Christmas cocktail, less potent than a ‘preferred dry martini’ but just on the verge of being too sweet.

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Jeremy Harrold

22nd April 2021 at 19:15

Paul Martin’s 1997 ‘World Encyclopaedia of Cocktails’, calls this a Paris. His Parisian makes things much drier by having 1.5 Oz each of gin and dry vermouth and 0.25 Oz of Cassis. More of an aperitif than a dessert!

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