Doctor No. 1
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Doctor No. 1
Serve in a Coupe glass
| 2 oz | Swedish Punsch liqueur |
| 3⁄4 oz | Lime juice (freshly squeezed) |
| 1⁄6 oz | Monin Pure Cane Syrup (65.0°brix, equivalent to 2:1 rich syrup) optional |
| 1⁄3 oz | Chilled water omit if using wet ice |
| 4 drop | Difford's Daiquiri Bitters optional |
| 3 drop | Saline solution 4:1 (20g sea salt to 80g water) |
How to make:
- Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
- Prepare garnish of lime zest twist.
- SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
- FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
- Express lime zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.
Strength & taste guide:
No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Review:
Lime combines well with the aromatic spices in Swedish punch.
Variant:
Doctor - equal parts light rum and Swedish punch with a barspoon of both lemon and orange juice.
In his 1948 The Fine Art of Mixing Drinks, David A. Embury says, "There are numerous recipes for this drink. Here are several. Shake well with cracked ice.
Doctor No. 1 Equal parts of lime juice and Swedish Punch.
Doctor No. 2 Equal parts of lemon juice, Swedish Punch, and gin. This is also known as the Greta Garbo.
Doctor No. 3 One part lemon juice, 1 part orange juice, 2 parts Swedish Punch.
Doctor No. 4 One part lime juice, 2 parts Jamaican rum, 3 parts Swedish Punch."
History:
A recipe for a Doctor Cocktail made with Swedish punch and lime juice first appears in Hugo R. Ensslin's 1917 Recipes for Mixed Drinks (2nd Edition) (It may have also appeared in his 1916 first edition.)
DOCTOR COCKTAIL
Hugo R. Ensslin, Recipes for Mixed Drinks, 1917
1 jigger Cederlund's Punch
Juice 1 lime
Shake well in a mixing glass with cracked ice, strain into cocktail glass and serve very cold.
The Doctor cocktail, comprising Swedish punch and lime juice, also features in William James "Billy" Tarling's 1937 Café Royal Bar Book and The UKGB's Approved Cocktails, published the same year and to which he also contributed.
Doctor
W. J. Tarling, Café Royal Cocktail Book Coronation Edition, 1946
2/3 Swedish Punch.
1/3 Lemon or fresh Lime Juice.
Shake and strain into cocktail glass.
Nutrition:
One serving of Doctor No. 1 contains 161 calories
Alcohol content:
- 0.8 standard drinks
- 11.77% alc./vol. (11.77° proof)
- 11.5 grams of pure alcohol
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