Serve in a Coupe glass
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 |
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.
Recipe contains the following allergens:
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.
Adapted from a recipe in Harry Craddock's 1930 The Savoy Cocktail Book.
CORDOVA COCKTAIL.
Harry Craddock, 1930
2/3 Dry Gin.
1 Dash Absinthe.
1 Teaspoon Fresh Cream.
1/3 Italian Vermouth.
Shake well and strain into cocktail glass.
One serving of Cordova Cocktail contains 170 calories
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