Name: Delmonico Special
Prep time: 3 min
Total time: 3 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Gin; 7.5 ml Cognac; 22.5 ml Vermouth - Dry; 22.5 ml Vermouth - Rosso (sweet) vermouth; 2 Angostura or other aromatic bitters

Serve in a

Coupe glass

Garnish:

Orange zest twist

How to make:

STIR all ingredients with ice and strain into chilled glass.

1 1/2 fl oz	Rutte Dry Gin
1/4 fl oz	Rémy Martin 1738 Cognac
3/4 fl oz	Noilly Prat Extra Dry
3/4 fl oz	Martini Rosso sweet vermouth
2 dash	Angostura Aromatic Bitters
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Rutte Dry Gin, 70cl

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£ 10.25 £ 0.31 per cocktail, makes 33 Angostura Aromatic Bitters, 20cl

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AKA:

Delmonico No.1

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Review:

A very wet gin martini dried with a splash of cognac and two dashes of bitters.

Gentle

Boozy

Sweet

Dry/sour

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Variant:

Delmonico

History:

In his 1948 The Fine Art of Mixing Drinks, David Embury describes a Delmonico Special as "merely a Medium Martini with 1 teaspoon of brandy to each drink and a twist of orange peel."

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