Starboard Light
Ingredients
- 1 1⁄2 oz Tanqueray London Dry Gin
- 3⁄4 oz Giffard Peppermint Pastille crème de menthe
- 3⁄4 oz Lemon juice
Method
Glassware:
Serve in a Coupe glass
Method:
- Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
- Prepare garnish of mint sprigs bouquet pegged to rim.
- SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
- FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
Nutrition:
One serving of Starboard Light contains 160 calories
History:
Adapted from a recipe in William James "Billy" Tarling's 1937 Café Royal Bar Book.
Review:
Looks the part but is one-dimensional with gin-laced cleansing mint and citrus. Perhaps better with the addition of 2.5ml (½ barspoon) sugar and 3 dashes absinthe.
