Name: Cordova Cocktail
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 30 ml Gin; 30 ml Rosso/sweet vermouth; 1 dash Absinthe; 30 ml Cream

Cordova Cocktail
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Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
1 oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin
1 oz	Strucchi Rosso Vermouth
1 dash	La Fée Parisienne absinthe
1 oz	Single cream/half-and-half

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How to make:

SHAKE all ingredients with ice and fine strain into chilled glass. To prevent curdling, add the cream to the shaker after the ice and immediately before shaking.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Rosso/rouge/sweet vermouth (di Torino) - Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites
Single cream/half-and-half - Dairy

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

One of the worst cocktails in Harry Cradock's 1930 The Savoy Cocktail Book. If you follow Craddock's recipe then this cocktail is more appropriately named the 'Curdled Cream Sweet Martini'. Reducing the gin and upping the cream (as per the recipe above) helps prevent curdling and produces a more palatable, if still not great, cocktail.

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History:

Adapted from a recipe in Harry Craddock's 1930 The Savoy Cocktail Book.

CORDOVA COCKTAIL.
2/3 Dry Gin.
1 Dash Absinthe.
1 Teaspoon Fresh Cream.
1/3 Italian Vermouth.
Shake well and strain into cocktail glass.
Harry Craddock, 1930

Nutrition:

One serving of Cordova Cocktail contains 170 calories

Alcohol content:

0.9 standard drinks
14.14% alc./vol. (14.14° proof)
12.8 grams of pure alcohol

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