Name: Entente Cordiale
Total time: 2 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Gin; 20 ml Apricot liqueur; 15 ml Dry vermouth; 1 dash Orange bitters

Ingredients

1 ¹⁄₂ fl oz

Hayman's London Dry Gin

²⁄₃ fl oz

Luxardo Apricot Albicocca Liqueur

¹⁄₂ fl oz

Strucchi Dry Vermouth

1 dash

Orange Bitters by Angostura

How to make

Glassware

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.

Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist.

Method

STIR all ingredients with ice.

FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

EXPRESS lemon zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Entente Cordiale contains 161 calories

Alcohol content:

1.5 standard drinks
26.79% alc./vol. (53.58° proof)
21.6 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Dry vermouth — Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

Comments & Discussion

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John CARR Premium Member 1y

Revisiting (thanks to Andy’s comments) and really appreciated the delicacy of the fruit and herbal notes. Brought out all the different notes in the apricot (de kuyper). It is balanced, but just very slightly cloying on the finish - can see it pairing well with biting cheddar either appetiser or dessert, or perhaps with a summer pudding for Afters. I added a splash of vodka and it worked as a late night sipper with some fresh raspberries.

Andy Parnell-Hopkinson 1y

Unless you have a very sweet tooth go easy on the apricot. Otherwise, nice little crowd-pleaser.

John CARR Premium Member 2y

Def better with a fresh bottle of vermouth. Quite nice but if you’re looking for something in this mode I’d prob go for a Joy Division instead.

John CARR Premium Member 2y

I also went for a nice punchy gin, Cotswolds, which I think helped give it more kick.

Andy Parnell-Hopkinson 1y

I find Cotswold is too aggressively floral for almost all cocktails. Love it, but only in it's own context.

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John CARR Premium Member 2y

I found the apricot overly dominant so bumped up the vermouth to 22.5ml, although admittedly it wasn’t the freshest bottle of vermouth. But i needed the extra dryness. Very nice and pushing 4.5 stars.