Monkey Gland
makes 1 drink
Recipe from Rob Chirico
Few classic cocktails of such appealing character have such appalling names. The Martini, the Manhattan, the Monkey Gland? Case closed.
This recipe comes from Rob Chirico's Hair of the Dog. For more of Rob's great cocktails, buy his Field Guide to Cocktails.
ingredients
2 ounces English dry gin
1 1/2 ounces fresh orange juice
2 dashes grenadine
2 dashes absinthe or other anise-flavored liquor, such as Pernod or Ricard
Ice
Orange twist
timer
prep: 5 minutes
total: 5 minutes
tools
cocktail shaker
chilled cocktail glass
instructions
Shake gin, orange juice, grenadine and anise-flavored liquor very well with ice and strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with an orange twist.
Comments
Says: October 29, 2008 at 08:28 PM
I love the idea of this cocktail with a funkier gin, like Hendrick's. It may fight the sweet anise resin-y taste for a moment or two...but I think the cucumber mellowness might be a nice flavor. In any case, I think this is on my list for next summer!