Cosmopolitan Cocktail (Dale DeGroff's recipe)
Ingredients
- 1 1⁄2 oz Ketel One Citroen Vodka
- 3⁄4 oz Cointreau triple sec liqueur
- 1 oz Cranberry juice
- 1⁄4 oz Lime juice
Method
Glassware:
Serve in a Martini glass
Prepare:
- Select and pre-chill a MARTINI GLASS.
- Prepare garnish of orange zest twist.
Method:
- SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
- FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
Garnish:
- EXPRESS flamed orange zest twist over cocktail, then use as garnish.
Nutrition:
One serving of Cosmopolitan Cocktail (Dale DeGroff's recipe) contains 166 calories
History:
In his 2002 The Craft of the Cocktail, Dale DeGroff explains that while he did not invent the Cosmopolitan, "What I did do was popularize a definitive recipe that became widely accepted as the standard." He also gives the above recipe but with just ½oz (15ml) Cointreau, a measure which he increased to ¾oz (22.5ml) for the 2020 Revised Edition of his book. This could be as much due to a reduction of sugar in Cointreau to conform with fashion since Dale created his recipe at Manhattan's Rainbow Rooms in the mid-1990s as his revisiting and polishing an old recipe.
Review:
This is the definitive Cosmo recipe from the man most associated with the drink's development and popularity.
