Name: Grassoide Ferro Cocktail
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 20 ml Gin; 30 ml Ferro China; 40 ml Bianco/blanc/blanco vermouth; 3 drop Aromatic bitters

Grassoide Ferro Cocktail
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Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
²⁄₃ oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin
1 oz	Ferro China Baliva
1 ¹⁄₃ oz	Strucchi Bianco Vermouth
3 drop	Angostura Aromatic Bitters

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist.
SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
EXPRESS lemon zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Bianco/blanc/blanco vermouth - Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

This simple but brilliantly complex aperitivo-cum-digestivo cocktail dates from the 1930s when it and most other cocktails were shaken. Don't allow the modern bartending convention to stir such a cocktail to detract from its sublimeness.

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History:

Adapted from a recipe in Elveio Grassi's 1936 book Mille Misture, the name translates from Italian to mean Fat Iron Cocktail.

Grassoide Ferro Cocktail
(Serie Grassi).
Agitare nel shaker con ghiaccio:
50% Vermouth Cinzano
20% Dry gin
30% Ferro China Bisleri
2 spruzzi Angostura.
Servite con buccia limone.
Elvezio Grassi, 1936

Nutrition:

One serving of Grassoide Ferro Cocktail contains 173 calories

Alcohol content:

1.1 standard drinks
17.12% alc./vol. (17.12° proof)
15.4 grams of pure alcohol

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Mark Shah

25th December 2021 at 23:36

Is it 3 drops or 3 dashes of bitters?

Simon Difford

26th December 2021 at 15:24

As stipulated, 3 drops. You can go to 1 dash if using a DartDash or similar but more than a restrained dash will dominate and ruin what is a delicious digestivo.