Name: Tussetto No. 2
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Old Tom gin; 45 ml Manzanilla sherry; 5 ml Maraschino liqueur; 1.25 ml Gomme syrup; 1 dash Absinthe; 1 dash Orange bitters; 3 drop Saline solution 4:1

Tussetto No. 2
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Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
1 ¹⁄₂ oz	Hayman's Old Tom Gin
1 ¹⁄₂ oz	Lustau Manzanilla Papirusa Sherry
¹⁄₆ oz	Luxardo Maraschino liqueur
0.04 oz	Gomme syrup
1 dash	La Fée Parisienne absinthe
1 dash	Orange Bitters by Angostura
3 drop	Saline solution 4:1 (20g sea salt to 80g water)

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist expressed and discarded. Adorn with skewered Luxardo Maraschino Cherry.
STIR all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Manzanilla sherry - Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

Dry, gin-laced and sherry-influenced with subtle salinity.

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Variant:

Tuxedo "Original" - equal parts (1½oz/45ml) old tom gin and (1½oz/45ml) dry vermouth with 2 dashes maraschino; 1 dash absinthe; 2 or 3 dashes of orange bitters.
Tuxedo No. 1 (Savoy & Duffy's recipe) - equal parts dry gin and dry vermouth with lemon peel and absinthe.
Tuxedo No. 2 (Savoy & Duffy's recipe) - equal parts dry gin and dry vermouth with maraschino, orange bitters and absinthe.
Tuxedo No. 3 (Lowe & Straub's recipe) - two-thirds dry gin to one-third dry vermouth with sherry, maraschino, absinthe and aromatic bitters.
Tuxedo No.4 (AKA Tussetto) - two-thirds dry gin to one-third dry sherry with orange bitters.
Tuxedo (Difford's recipe) - as per the "Original" but with sherry and some balancing sweetness by splitting dry and bianco vermouths.
Flora Bar's Tuxedo No.2 - in an absinthe-rinsed glass with dry gin, bianco vermouth, maraschino liqueur and orange bitters.

History:

A Tuxedo with sherry in place of vermouth is a Tussetto and the original was first published in Jacques Straub's 1913 Straub's Manual of Mixed Drinks. The Tussetto No. 2 was created in January 2024 by yours truly at the Clocktower, Rye, England.

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Nutrition:

One serving of Tussetto No. 2 contains 148 calories

Alcohol content:

1.5 standard drinks
22.15% alc./vol. (22.15° proof)
21.5 grams of pure alcohol

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