Empire Cocktail
Ingredients
- 1 1⁄2 oz Tanqueray London Dry Gin
- 3⁄4 oz Calvados / apple brandy / straight applejack
- 3⁄4 oz Luxardo Apricot Albicocca Liqueur
- 1⁄3 oz Chilled water
Method
Glassware:
Serve in a Coupe glass
Method:
- Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
- Prepare garnish of apricot slice on rim or orange zest twist.
- STIR all ingredients with ice.
- FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
Nutrition:
One serving of Empire Cocktail contains 204 calories
History:
Adapted from a recipe in Harry Craddock's 1930 The Savoy Cocktail Book.
Review:
Apricot fortified by gin and apple brandy. Craddock's 1930 recipe calls for this cocktail to be shaken rather than stirred, indeed it's a cocktail that benefits from a little dilution, hence the addition of water.
