Melba Cocktail
Ingredients
- 1 2⁄3 oz Bacardi Carta Blanca Superior White Rum
- 3⁄4 oz Swedish Punsch liqueur
- 1⁄2 oz Lime juice
- 1⁄6 oz Monin Grenadine Syrup
- 1⁄12 oz La Fée Parisienne absinthe
- 1⁄3 oz Chilled water
Method
Glass:
Photographed in a LSA Olivia Champagne Saucer
Method:
- Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
- Prepare garnish of float mint leaf or peg to rim.
- SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
- FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
Nutrition:
One serving of Melba Cocktail contains 184 calories
History:
Adapted from a recipe in Harry Craddock's 1930 The Savoy Cocktail Book.
Review:
This would be better named, "Melba Daiquiri", as it is a Swedish punsch, absinthe, and grenadine influenced Daiquiri. I've dramatically changed the equal parts rum and Swedish punsch specified in The Savoy Cocktail Book original, and upped the grenadine, but hopefully for the better.
