Red Lion (Tarling's recipe)
Ingredients
- 1 oz Tanqueray London Dry Gin
- 1 oz Grand Marnier or other cognac orange liqueur
- 1⁄2 oz Lemon juice
- 1⁄2 oz Orange juice
Method
Glassware:
Serve in a Coupe glass
Method:
- Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
- Prepare garnish of orange juice and sugar coated rim.
- SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
- FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
Nutrition:
One serving of Red Lion (Tarling's recipe) contains 150 calories
History:
Created by Arthur Tarling, head bartender at London's Café Royal, this recipe was first published in 1937 by his younger brother, Billy Tarling, in his Café Royal Cocktail Book.
Red Lion cocktail history
Review:
This gin and cognac orange-based citrusy cocktail is deliberately, and indeed originally, formulated to be a tad on the sour side, but is balanced by a luxuriant sugar-crusted rim.
