Name: Absinthe Martini
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 75 ml Gin; 15 ml Dry vermouth; 5 ml Absinthe

Ingredients

2 ¹⁄₂ fl oz

Hayman's London Dry Gin

¹⁄₂ fl oz

Strucchi Dry Vermouth

¹⁄₆ fl oz

La Fée Parisienne absinthe

How to make

Glassware

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a MARTINI GLASS.

Prepare garnish of star anise.

Method

STIR all ingredients with ice.

FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

Prepare garnish of star anise floated on surface.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Absinthe Martini contains 202 calories

Alcohol content:

2.1 standard drinks
30.66% alc./vol. (61.32° proof)
29.2 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Dry vermouth — Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

Comments & Discussion

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John Hinojos Premium Member 18w

Had forgotten about this martini. Last had in 2021. If you love absinthe, this is the martini for you. The absinthe pulls out all the herbal hints of the gin. Outstanding.

Frank Caiafa 1y

Hi Simon,
The most famous moniker for this recipe is the 'Obituary', often connected to New Orleans, which has its own entry here.
In the Old Waldorf Astoria books, variations included the 'Ballantine', 'Third Degree" and "Fourth Degree". Ted Saucier even had one called "La Liberte". All worthy of a run through. I put them all under 'Ballantine' in my book. FYI. Cheers!

Simon Difford Verified User Premium Member 1y

Hi Frank. Another great reason to delve into your book. I've added a link to the Obituary above.

Alan F Pye 1y

Right ChrisM but adjusted half measures still incomplete? So for Nick & Nora: 37.5ml gin, 2.5ml absinthe but only 7.5ml dry vermouth? And no, cocktail hour is still to come. :)

John CARR Premium Member 1y

Yes minor typos in the suggested ‘half measures’ = “No Half Measures Difford” ?!

Chris Millson 2y

This is great as per the recipe, serve extremely chilled, in a chilled glass. I think there's an error in the notes about the bite-sized version, IMO this should be 37.5ml gin rather than 75ml!