New Amsterdam

New Amsterdam

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Ingredients

  • 1 1⁄3 oz Oude genever
  • 2⁄3 oz Kirschwasser (cherry) eau-de-vie
  • 1⁄12 oz Demerara/Muscovado/brown sugar syrup
  • 2 dash Peychaud's Aromatic Bitters

Method

Glassware:

Serve in a Nick & Nora glass

Prepare:

  1. Select and pre-chill a NICK & NORA GLASS.
  2. Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist.

Method:

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

Garnish:

  1. EXPRESS lemon zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Nutrition:

One serving of New Amsterdam contains 113 calories

History:

Adapted from a drink created in 2006 by Jim Meehan at PDT, New York City, USA. This cocktail features in Jim's 2011 The PDT Cocktail Book.

Review:

A delicately flavoured and lightly balanced genever based drink with hints of kirsch and aromatic Creole bitters.