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O'Connor's

Name: O'Connor's
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 30 ml Red quinquina e.g. Dubonnet, Byrrh; 30 ml Cream sherry; 30 ml Dry vermouth; 2 drop Saline solution 4:1

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Ingredients
1 fl oz	Dubonnet, Byrrh etc. rouge light quinquina
1 fl oz	Lustau East India Solera Cream Sherry
1 fl oz	Strucchi Dry Vermouth
2 drop	Saline solution (20g sea salt to 80g water) or merest pinch of s

How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Coupe glass

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
Prepare garnish of orange zest twist.

Method

STIR all ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

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

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of O'Connor's contains 104 calories

Alcohol content:

0.9 standard drinks
13.85% alc./vol. (27.7° proof)
12.5 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Cream sherry, Dry vermouth — Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

History

Adapted from a recipe in William "Cocktail Bill" Boothby's 1934 book The World's Drinks And How To Mix Them.

O'CONNOR'S.
Dubonnet........ ⅓ jigger
Sherry ........... ⅓ jigger
Fr. Vermouth ... ⅓ jigger
Shake well with ice, strain into chilled cocktail glass and serve.
William Boothby, The World's Drinks And How To Mix Them, 1934

Review

This is one of those simple three-ingredient cocktails that can be made in numerous different ways. The original recipe calls for Dubonnet, French (dry) vermouth and sherry, but frustratingly doesn't state what style of sherry. The use of dry vermouth initially led me to balance with a 'sweet' cream sherry, then I tried with combinations ranging from fino sherry with bianco vermouth to different sherries with both dry and bianco vermouths.

Equal parts Dubonnet, amontillado sherry and bianco vermouth work well, but I've settled back where I started with cream sherry and dry vermouth. The resulting cocktail could be enjoyed at any time, from aperitivo to late-night refresher, but the occasion should also influence your garnish – orange zest twist as an aperitivo or a maraschino cherry late at night.

Dubonnet Red 750ml - makes 25 cocktails
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Lustau East India Solera Sherry 500ml - makes 16.5 cocktails
$18.99 $1.15 per cocktail

$1.79 per cocktail*

Makes a minimum of 16.5 cocktails.
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John CARR Premium Member 1y

Was looking around for something fruity and noticed this on the recent features page. Another wonderful classic that’s full of flavour. The 1920s and ‘30s really were a watershed period in so many ways. I’ll be back to retry with fresher bottles than I have tonight and have added to the list for our forthcoming 30s party!