Name: Caruso Cocktail
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 30 ml Gin; 30 ml Dry vermouth; 30 ml Green crème de menthe

Caruso Cocktail
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Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
1 oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin
1 oz	Strucchi Dry Vermouth
1 oz	Giffard Peppermint Pastille crème de menthe

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Prepare:

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
Prepare garnish of mint leaf.

How to make:

SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish:

Garnish with mint leaf floated on the cocktail or pegged/stuck with spot of honey to the rim.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Dry vermouth - Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

Emerald green with full-on mint. Good as a digestif after a tenor-sized meal. This was originally a shaken cocktail, and despite modern-day convention, we prefer the Caruso opened and cooled by a vigorous shake. If all those bubbles upset you, then perhaps throw or, as a last resort, stir.

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History:

Adapted from a recipe in Harry Craddock's 1930 The Savoy Cocktail Book, this cocktail was created at The Savoy for the tenor Enrico Caruso in the early 20th century.

CARUSO COCKTAIL.
1/3 Dry Gin.
1/3 French Vermouth.
1/3 Green Crème de Menthe.
Shake well and strain into cocktail glass.
Harry Craddock, 1930

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Nutrition:

One serving of Caruso Cocktail contains 181 calories

Alcohol content:

1.3 standard drinks
19.66% alc./vol. (19.66° proof)
17.7 grams of pure alcohol

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Emil Kuliiev

24th August at 18:33

It’s totally not true
This cocktail created in 1997
Cafe Albena Kyiv, Ukraine
All another stories it’s just story for marketing.
From first day it was just classical Gyn Tonic with 7-10 ml mint liquor
And after few days it was changed. Juke-August 1997. Kamandarma Kameneva street 2A
Kiev, Ukraine
Created by Emil Saliani

Simon Difford

25th August at 07:38

Whatever cocktail was made by Emil Saliani in 1997 at Cafe Albena Kyiv in Ukraine, the Caruso Cocktail, comprising equal parts gin, dry vermouth, and green crème de menthe, was published in the Savoy Cocktail book 67 years earlier. That is an unarguable fact!

George Boyd

20th February 2024 at 19:23

I love mint so I find this a very nice cocktail indeed! If you don't like mint
dom't try it!

adrian lord

29th June 2023 at 06:26

Too minty and sweet at these equal ratios for my tastes. I might dial back the crème de menthe to 20mls next time.

Ernst Lindhout

16th June 2023 at 21:59

I used probably the wrong dry vermouth. It is very mint almost menthol forward. Next try it with noilly prat instead of dry martini.

Chris Dimal

5th June 2023 at 10:21

Wow, really, really dry, especially when paired with a dessert. Works as a bitter digestif, but not for me overall.

Andy Parnell-Hopkinson

14th April 2023 at 18:28

Very well balanced.

Jack Reid

26th March 2022 at 05:15

This looks great (though everyone assumed it was Midori; mine came out a lighter green than the picture) but I'd probably go a little less Creme de Menth next time--it really was "full-on mint". I agree completely with the shaking recommendation.

Alex Foster

13th November 2021 at 00:04

Maybe less vermouth?

Chris Jones

15th January 2021 at 19:13

Not unpleasant, but feels like it's missing something

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