Name: Argentina Cocktail
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 30 ml Gin; 30 ml Dry vermouth; 7.5 ml Triple sec; 7.5 ml Bénédictine D.O.M.; 1 dash Orange bitters; 1 dash Aromatic bitters

Argentina Cocktail
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Serve in a Nick & Nora glass

Ingredients:
1 oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin
1 oz	Strucchi Dry Vermouth
¹⁄₄ oz	Cointreau triple sec liqueur
¹⁄₄ oz	Bénédictine D.O.M. liqueur
1 dash	Orange Bitters by Angostura
1 dash	Angostura Aromatic Bitters

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Nick & Nora glass.
Prepare garnish of orange zest twist.
STIR 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:

Dry vermouth - Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

A wet martini softened by liqueur and given a hint of citrus and spice.

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History:

Adapted from a recipe in Stanley M. Jones' 1977 Jones' Complete Barguide.

ARGENTINA COCKTAIL
Cocktail Glass
Stir

1 oz gin
1 oz dry vermouth
1/4 oz Cointreau
1/4 oz Benedictine
1 dash orange bitters
1 dash Angostura bitters
Stanley M. Jones, Jones' Complete Barguide, 1977

Nutrition:

One serving of Argentina Cocktail contains 143 calories

Alcohol content:

1.3 standard drinks
24.98% alc./vol. (24.98° proof)
18.9 grams of pure alcohol

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Olga María Gómez Henderson

13th October 2024 at 12:56

This wet martini variant is very tasty.

David Bell

5th April 2024 at 07:20

Another day another Argentina, or so I thought. Not concentrating, I added a whole shot of Cointreau instead of 1/4. I pressed on, not adding the Benedictine but continuing with both bitters. Actually not bad. Sweet, yes. In fact rather like an orange flavoured old fashioned boiled lolly. Have I invented something?!

David Bell

30th March 2024 at 06:53

Had all the ingredients sitting there waiting to be used! Quite delicious - gently spicy and slightly sweet. I probably wouldn’t have too many for just that reason, but one or two are a delicious change.

David Bell

30th March 2024 at 07:08

Half way through drinking I added a few more drops of Angostura bitters as has been suggested already. This gave it more grip and toned down the sweetness a little. Both versions are tasty though.

Niccolò Murtas

4th May 2023 at 08:44

Good beyond belief. And I am not a Gin enthusiast. Don't be shy with the Angostura, especially the normal one. I propose to the bored drinker to go for two drops rather than one... (of normal angostura, not of the orange bitter)...but only after you have gone for the standard described here, which, knowing the overall low ability of my discerning skills, should be surely the one to look for at first. But really both the taste of Gin and the one of normal angostura have never blended so well.

Sally Glover

30th April 2021 at 19:25

Looking to use some Benedictine in a gin-based cocktail, I found this on Difford’s. We had to substitute a different bianco vermouth but a delicious result.

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