Name: Zuzu's Petals cocktail
Total time: 2 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Bison grass vodka; 15 ml Gentian liqueur; 15 ml Elderflower liqueur; 15 ml Maraschino liqueur; 15 ml Lime juice; 7.5 ml Sugar syrup 'rich' (2:1); 2 dash Celery bitters

Ingredients

1 ¹⁄₂ fl oz

Bison grass vodka

¹⁄₂ fl oz

Gentian liqueur Gentian liqueur (e.g. Suze, Avèze, Salers)

¹⁄₂ fl oz

Elderflower liqueur

¹⁄₂ fl oz

Luxardo Maraschino liqueur

¹⁄₂ fl oz

Lime juice (freshly squeezed)

¹⁄₄ fl oz

Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water) 65.0°Brix

2 dash

Fee Brothers Celery bitters

How to make

Glassware

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.

Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist.

Method

SHAKE all ingredients with ice.

STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

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

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Zuzu's Petals cocktail contains 231 calories

Alcohol content:

1.6 standard drinks
17.99% alc./vol. (35.99° proof)
21.8 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Celery bitters — Celery

Comments & Discussion

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Letti Penguin Premium Member 24w

I’ve been making this regularly with vodka as I don’t have bison grass vodka but today I used Rhum clement blanc and O Purist tsipuoro to try and substitute for the grassy, peppery flavours. Definite improvement on straight vodka and a good use of some of my more unusual acquisitions. I always omit the sugar syrup is its plenty sweet enough for us without it.

A J Wilson Premium Member 49w

I found it too sweet even dialing back the syrup to a scant tsp, so I remade it without any syrup at all. Magnifico! Tart, herbaceous, and complex.

John CARR Premium Member 1y

Initially hits with a familiar sweet-sour profile, then the richer fruit, floral aromatics and herbal notes come through, with just a hint of bitterness from the Suze. For me this was on the sweet side of balanced: I often have to go easy on the citrus juice (I think Australian citrus is picked very under ripe) but in this case needed the full complement.

Chris Haley Premium Member 2y

A new Christmas classic to sip while watching an old Christmas classic!

Nick Hopewell-Smith 3y

This is a fabulous drink. Standard Difford mainstays - Maraschino and Elderflower - in evidence, but to great effect.

David Hoyle 3y

Have tried this twice, once with Briottet Maraschino and once with Luxardo Maraschino. The latter punched through and made for a more satisfactory balance, spiritous and light. A fascinating combination of flavours overall!