Garnish:
Orange zest twist
How to make:
SHAKE all ingredients with ice and fine strain into chilled glass.
1 fl oz | Rutte Dry Gin |
1 fl oz | Calvados & straight applejacks |
1/2 fl oz | Triple sec liqueur (40% alc./vol.) |
1/2 fl oz | Lemon juice (freshly squeezed) |
1/6 fl oz | Grenadine/pomegranate syrup (2:1) |
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Review:
Depending on your lemon juice, this Sidecar-like Daisy may benefit from an additional 2.5ml sugar syrup to balance.
History:
Adapted from a recipe in W. J. Tarling's 1937 Café Royal Cocktail Book where the invention of this cocktail is credited to "J. W. Fish". (Our thanks to Jason Clapham of Oxford, England for bringing this recipe to our attention.)
Nutrition:
One serving of Margaret Rose contains 191 calories.
Alcohol content:
- 1.8 standard drinks
- 26.23% alc./vol. (52.46° proof)
- 24.9 grams of pure alcohol
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