Little Tomato

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Serve in a Nick & Nora glass

Ingredients:
1 fresh Cherry tomato (fresh)
1⁄2 oz Ketel One Vodka
1⁄2 oz Lustau Manzanilla Papirusa Sherry
0.04 oz Monin Pure Cane Syrup (65.0°brix, equivalent to 2:1 rich syrup)
5 drop Bob's Coriander Bitters
5 drop Saline solution 4:1 (20g sea salt to 80g water)
× 1 1 serving
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How to make:

  1. Select and pre-chill a Nick & Nora glass.
  2. Prepare garnish of skewered vine cherry tomato..
  3. MUDDLE tomato is base of stirring glass.
  4. Add other ingredients and STIR with ice.
  5. FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
  6. Garnish with skewered tomato.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Strength 4/10
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Sweet to sour 7/10
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Review:

A savoury, relatively low-alcohol alternative to a Martini for an aperitivo. (Please don't shake this cocktail, as it breaks it.)

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History:

Created in January 2024 by yours truly and inspired by Pink Martini's Hang On Little Tomato album.

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Toby James’ Avatar Toby James
13th March at 23:44
"Muddle tomato"? There's no tomato in the ingredients proper, is this an artifact from an update script? Or should I be squishing?
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Simon Difford’s Avatar Simon Difford
14th March at 10:29
Thanks for pointing out, Toby. I've added a cherry tomato as the first ingredient.
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