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DILL or no dill

Name: DILL or no dill
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 4 slice Cucumber (fresh); 2 sprig Fresh dill; 50 ml Gin; 15 ml Elderflower liqueur; 15 ml Lemon juice; 7.5 ml Sugar syrup 'rich' (2:1); 6 drop Saline solution 4:1; 4 drop Coriander bitters

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Ingredients
4 slice	Cucumber (fresh)
2 sprig	Fresh dill
1 2/3 fl oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin
1/2 fl oz	Elderflower liqueur
1/2 fl oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
1/4 fl oz	Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water) 65.0°Brix
6 drop	Saline solution (20g sea salt to 80g water) or merest pinch of s
4 drop	Coriander bitters (optional)

How to make

Glass

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Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
Prepare garnish of fresh dill sprig..

Method

MUDDLE cucumber to pulverise in base of shaker.
Add dill and gently MUDDLE.
Add other ingredients and SHAKE with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

Garnish with dill sprig.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Alcohol content:

We don't have enough information to calculate the alc./vol., but based on known ingredients, this recipe contains at least:

18.6 grams of pure alcohol

History

Adapted from a recipe created circa 2013 by Gareth Evans at the Social Eating House, Poland Street, Soho, London (now shuttered).

Review

All puns intended! Gareth's original recipe calls for a pinch of smoked salt rather than saline solution, and it's a great call. (Perhaps use smoked salt saline solution.) No matter how you add your salinity to this verdant and herbaceous cocktail, it's delicious.

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Frederic D. Premium Member 14w

I tried this with Aalborg aquavit as suggested by Mark below, and it resulted in a great drink, although I might drop the saline to 4 or so drops next time. Savory, herbal, and perfectly balanced between lemon tartness and sweet.

Mark 1y

I wonder if the dill-forward aquavit made by Aalborg will be an upgrade for this drink.. Guess there’s only one way to find out

G. M. Genovese Premium Member 1y

Pretty solid recipe. Reminds me of an East Side. You might find dropping the syrup to 5 ml is preferable. It's begging for a little more acidity via that drop in sugar or a touch of vinegar.