Crazy Crossing

Difford’s Guide
Discerning Drinkers (21 ratings)

Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
1 12 oz Hayman's London Dry Gin
34 oz Strucchi Rosso Vermouth
34 oz Dubonnet/French rouge aromatised wine
0.08 oz Luxardo Maraschino liqueur
0.08 oz Mandarine Napoleon liqueur
× 1 1 serving
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How to make:

  1. Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
  2. Prepare garnish of Luxardo Maraschino Cherry.
  3. STIR all ingredients with ice.
  4. FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
  5. Garnish with maraschino cherry.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Strength 7/10
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Sweet to sour 7/10

Review:

Bittersweet with herbal botanical complexity.

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History:

Adapted from a recipe in W. J. Tarling's 1937 Café Royal Cocktail Book where the invention of this cocktail is credited to "F. G. Hunt". We've used a mandarin liqueur, but the original recipe calls for Van Der Hum tangerine liqueur. The original recipe is also shaken rather than stirred. (Our thanks to Jason Clapham of Oxford, England for bringing this recipe to our attention and suggesting the use of Mandarine Napoléon.)

Nutrition:

One serving of Crazy Crossing contains 166 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1.5 standard drinks
  • 22.56% alc./vol. (22.56° proof)
  • 21.4 grams of pure alcohol

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26th November 2020 at 07:01
Fantastic cocktail. I've also used orange curacao for a more bitter taste.