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Maiden's Blush

Anytime · Classic/vintage · Romantic and Valentine's Day

3.8 53 ratings

Ingredients

1 1/2 oz Gin
2/3 oz Orange Curaçao
1/3 oz Lemon juice
1/6 oz Grenadine syrup
1/12 oz Sugar syrup 'rich' (2:1)

How to make

Serve in a coupe glass

Prepare

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

Method

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

Garnish

  1. 5 EXPRESS lemon zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Flavour profile

23.7% alc./vol. · 1.5 standard drinks · 189 calories

History

Pale pink (depending on the grenadine), with gin, rich fruit, and subtle lemon sourness.

This cocktail is adapted from Harry Craddock's 1930 The Savoy Cocktail Book. The Maiden's Blush Cocktail (No. 1.) is described as: 1 Dash Lemon Juice, 4 Dashes Orange Curaçao, 4 Dashes Grenadine, and 1 Glass Dry Gin. The preparation method is to shake well and strain into a cocktail glass.

Created by Harry Craddock