Name: Tango Cocktail
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 30 ml Gin; 15 ml Rosso/sweet vermouth; 15 ml Dry vermouth; 25 ml Orange juice; 5 ml Orange Curaçao

Tango Cocktail
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Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
1 oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin
¹⁄₂ oz	Strucchi Rosso Vermouth
¹⁄₂ oz	Strucchi Dry Vermouth
⁵⁄₆ oz	Orange juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₆ oz	Orange Curaçao liqueur

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How to make:

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

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

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

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

Beautifully balanced gin-laced herbal complexity with zesty orange.

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History:

Adapted from a recipe in Harry Craddock's 1930 The Savoy Cocktail Book. Harry MacElhone's 1929 ABC of Cocktails credits this drinks creation to Harry, a bartender at Palermo, Rue Fontaine, Paris.

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 Cocktail contains 134 calories

Alcohol content:

1 standard drinks
15.9% alc./vol. (15.9° proof)
14.3 grams of pure alcohol

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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.

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