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Absinthe Makes The Heart Grow Fonder

Aperitivo/aperitif · Herbal

4.2 123 ratings

Ingredients

1 1/2 oz Gin
1/6 oz Absinthe
1/3 oz Maraschino liqueur
1/6 oz Cherry brandy
1/6 oz Red bitter liqueur
3/4 oz Pink grapefruit juice
1/6 oz Sugar syrup 'rich' (2:1)
1/4 oz Chilled water

How to make

Serve in a coupe glass

Prepare

  1. 1 Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
  2. 2 Prepare garnish of orange zest twist.

Method

  1. 3 SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
  2. 4 FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

  1. 5 EXPRESS flamed orange zest twist over cocktail, then use as garnish.

Flavour profile

19.3% alc./vol. · 1.6 standard drinks · 197 calories

History

Subtle cherry flavours are delicately led by absinthe and gin. The bitter liqueur adds colour rather than flavour, while pink grapefruit provides freshness.

This drink comes from a recipe by Scott Diaz, of Seattle, Washington. The saying "Absence makes the heart grow fonder" has its first attribution to the English poet Ernest Dowson, who lived from 1867 to 1900. He used it in a letter dated February 1899 to Arthur Moore. Yet, it was the poet Thomas Haynes Bayly who made the phrase popular. It appeared in his poem "Isle of Beauty," which was published in his 1844 collection of works, the two-volume *Songs, Ballads, and Other Poems*. "What would not I give to wander / Where my old companions dwell? / Absence makes the heart grow fonder; / Isle of Beauty, fare thee well!" Bayly passed away in 1839, a decade before his poem was published.

Created by Scott Diaz