Glass & Bottle

Serve in a Coupe glass...
1	fl oz	Rutte Dry Gin
½	fl oz	Suze gentian liqueur
¾	fl oz	Aperitivo Cocchi Americano Bianco
⅙	fl oz	Sugar syrup (2 sugar to 1 water)
¾	fl oz	Freshly squeezed lemon juice
1	pinch	Salt

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How to make:

SHAKE all ingredients with ice and strain into chilled glass.

Garnish:

Salted cucumber wheel

Comment:

Sour, dry and fabulously complex with bittersweet herbal gentian notes over a gin base.

About:

Adapted from a recipe created in 2017 by J Lynn at Lyons at Ace Hotel New Orleans, New Orleans, USA, who “wanted to create something more palatable for those new to gentian.” The name comes from the 1912 Picasso collage featuring a bottle of Suze.

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