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East Indian

Name: East Indian
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Fino sherry; 45 ml Dry vermouth; 5 ml Sugar syrup 'rich' (2:1); 2 dash Orange bitters

Difford’s Guide

Discerning Drinkers (21)

Measurements in:

Serves:

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Ingredients
1 ¹⁄₂ fl oz	Lustau Jarana Fino Sherry
1 ¹⁄₂ fl oz	Strucchi Dry Vermouth
¹⁄₆ fl oz	Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water) 65.0°Brix
2 dash	Orange Bitters by Angostura

How to make

Glass

Photographed in an Urban Bar 1910 Retro Coupette 15cl

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
Prepare garnish of skewered green olives.

Method

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

Garnish

Garnish with skewered olives.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of East Indian contains 108 calories

Alcohol content:

0.8 standard drinks
12.37% alc./vol. (24.75° proof)
11.9 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Fino sherry, Dry vermouth — Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

Review

Dry and pretty flat (like much of India) but perfectly balanced with subtle hints of orange zest.

Variations/similar cocktails

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Makes a minimum of 16.5 cocktails.
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Mark 2y

Tasty but not for everyone, the sherry I used was very celery forward so the flavour of celery was the key player in the drink, but the vermouth was pretty much present throughout the whole drink.

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