Name: Henry VIII
Prep time: 2 min
Total time: 2 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 1 Caster/ Superfine/Baker's special sugar (white); 5 ml Absinthe verte (green); 15 ml Vodka - Citrus flavoured; 15 ml Vodka - Pepper flavoured; Champagne/sparkling wine brut

Serve in a

Flute glass

Garnish:

Orange zest twist

How to make:

Soak sugar cube with absinthe and drop into chilled glass. POUR other ingredients over sugar cube and serve.

1 cube	Caster/ Superfine/Baker's special sugar (white)
1/6 fl oz	La Fée Parisienne absinthe
1/2 fl oz	Ketel One Citroen Vodka
1/2 fl oz	Pepper flavoured vodka
Top up with	Brut champagne/sparkling wine
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Recipe contains the following allergens:

Brut champagne/sparkling wine – Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

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Review:

A contemporary twist in the classic Champagne cocktail.

History:

Created in 2004 by Henry Besant, London, England.

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