Name: Piccadilly Martini
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 50 ml Gin; 25 ml Dry vermouth; 2.5 ml Grenadine syrup; 1.25 ml Absinthe; 1.25 ml Sugar syrup (2:1)

Piccadilly Martini
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Serve in a Martini glass

Ingredients:
1 ²⁄₃ oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin
⁵⁄₆ oz	Strucchi Dry Vermouth
¹⁄₁₂ oz	Monin Grenadine Syrup
¹⁄₂₄ oz	La Fée Parisienne absinthe
¹⁄₂₄ oz	Monin Pure Cane Syrup (65.0°brix, equivalent to 2:1 rich syrup)

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Martini glass.
Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist.
STIR all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
EXPRESS lemon zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Dry vermouth - Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

Strength & taste guide:

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Review:

A classic 2:1 Dry Martini tempered by a hint of pomegranate and absinthe.

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History:

Adapted from a recipe in Harry Craddock's 1930 The Savoy Cocktail Book.

PICCADILLY COCKTAIL.
1 Dash Angostura.
1 Dash Grenadine.
⅓ French Vermouth.
⅔ Dry Gin.
Shake well and strain into cocktail glass.
Harry Craddock, The Savoy Cocktail Book, 1930

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Nutrition:

One serving of Piccadilly Martini contains 156 calories

Alcohol content:

1.5 standard drinks
25.54% alc./vol. (25.54° proof)
20.4 grams of pure alcohol

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adrian lord

21st December 2023 at 18:51

I’ve just made a variant using blue Curaçao instead of grenadine, and Dolin blanc vermouth. It’s lovely and clean and elegant.

adrian lord

5th June 2023 at 18:27

Just sipping my first Piccadilly - I used Bols grenadine syrup, perhaps slightly too much. Personally I like to get the Absinthe coming through with definition, so wouldn’t dial that back too much. It’s a gorgeous drink whatever the variance, I am sure.

John Hinojos

25th August 2021 at 00:00

I really liked this. Being that I like dry cocktails, I did cut back on the sugar syrup. Very flavourful. Will try again with the blue curacao.

Richard Elgar

11th January 2021 at 01:58

In fact, I decided to go with a riff on this, and create a blue "Piccadilly Line Martini". A bit drier, so it might need a tad of sweetening to balance the absinthe.
https://www.diffordsguide.com/cocktails/recipe/7079/piccadilly-line-martini

Simon Difford

15th January 2021 at 20:56

I've just revisited the Piccadilly Martini again, and yet again I've cut the absinthe back. I've also added some sugar. The difference in colour varies between the use of homemade and commercial grenadine and we'll reshoot ASAP. As you say, Richard, given the name perhaps it's the blue curacao rather than the grenadine I should be reaching for.