Name: Tango
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 30 ml Gin; 15 ml Orange Curaçao; 15 ml Dry vermouth; 15 ml Rosso/sweet vermouth; 15 ml Orange Curaçao

Tango
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Glass:

Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
1 fl oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin
¹⁄₂ fl oz	Ferrand Dry Curaçao
¹⁄₂ fl oz	Strucchi Dry Vermouth chilled
¹⁄₂ fl oz	Strucchi Rosso Vermouth chilled
¹⁄₂ fl oz	Ferrand Dry Curaçao

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Prepare:

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
Prepare garnish of orange zest twist.

How to make:

SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish:

EXPRESS orange zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Dry vermouth, Rosso/rouge/sweet vermouth (di Torino) - Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

Strength & taste guide:

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Sweet

Medium

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Review:

Beautifully balanced gin-laced herbal complexity with zesty orange.

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History:

The Tango Cocktail appears in Harry MacElhone's 1923 book Harry of Ciro's ABC of Mixing Cocktails with the recipe repeated verbatim in his 1927 Barflies Cocktail, where he also adds that the recipe is by Harry, a bartender at Palermo, Rue Fontaine, Paris. In the 1920s, the Palermo was a popular Parisian cabaret and music venue in the 9th arrondissement.

By the time this recipe appears in Harry Craddock's 1930 The Savoy Cocktail Book, rather than just rosso (Italian) vermouth, dry vermouth is also used.

Tango Cocktail.
1/6 Curaçao
1/6 Orange juice
1/3 Italian vermouth
1/3 Plymouth Gin
Shake well and strain into chilled glass, and squeeze orange peel on top.
(Recipe by Harry, Bartender Palermo, Rue Fontaine, Paris.)
Harry MacElhone, barflies and Cocktails, 1927

TANGO COCKTAIL.
2 Dashes Curaçao.
The juice of ¼ Orange.
¼ French Vermouth.
¼ Italian Vermouth.
½ Dry Gin.
Shake well and strain into cocktail glass.
Harry Craddock, 1930

Nutrition:

One serving of Tango contains 205 calories

Alcohol content:

1.7 standard drinks
24.07% alc./vol. (48.14° proof)
23.2 grams of pure alcohol

Difford’s Guide remains free-to-use thanks to the support of the brands in green above. Values stated for alcohol and calorie content, and number of drinks an ingredient makes should be considered approximate.

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Jack Reid

3rd April 2022 at 06:43

I generally agree with Simon's one-line reviews but on this occassion I could hardly disagree more. So much so that I wondered if I'd gotten the ingredients wrong. I double-checked and I haven't but I don't get much of the gin (which is a plus for me, because I'm not a particular fan) and I don't get much of the orange. I certainly wouldn't call it zesty. It IS well balanced and I had no trouble finishing it but it's innocuous and immemorable.