Garnish:
Lemon zest twist
How to make:
SHAKE all ingredients with ice and fine strain into chilled glass.
1 1/2 fl oz | Hayman's London Dry Gin |
2/3 fl oz | Orange Curaçao liqueur |
1/3 fl oz | Lemon juice (freshly squeezed) |
1/6 fl oz | Grenadine/pomegranate syrup (2:1) |
1/12 fl oz | Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water, 65.0°Brix) |
Review:
Pale pink (depending on your grenadine), gin-laced rich fruit and subtle lemon sourness.
History:
Adapted from a recipe in Harry Craddock's 1930 The Savoy Cocktail Book.
MAIDEN'S BLUSH COCKTAIL (No. 1.).
Harry Craddock, 1930
1 Dash Lemon Juice.
4 Dashes Orange Curaçao
4 Dashes Grenadine.
1 Glass Dry Gin.
Shake well and strain into cocktail glass.
Nutrition:
189 calories
Alcohol content:
- 1.5 standard drinks
- 25.94% alc./vol. (51.88° proof)
- 21.4 grams of pure alcohol
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