Tovarich
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Ingredients
How to make
Serve in a coupe glass
Prepare
- 1 Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
- 2 Prepare garnish of float a dehydrated lime slice wheel.
Method
- 3 DRY SHAKE all ingredients (without ice) to emulsify.
- 4 SHAKE again with ice.
- 5 FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
Flavour profile
19.7% alc./vol. · 1.7 standard drinks · 210 calories
History
Vodka-based, clean and cleansing, with kummel's rich caraway and cumin complementing lime.
Tovarishch, tovarish, or tovarish are all Russian words for comrade, friend, colleague, or ally. The cocktail, which first appears in Grosby Gaige's 1944 Standard Cocktail Guide, may have been named after Tovaritch, a 1933 play by Jacques Deval. TOVARICH COCKTAIL 1 ounces Vodka 1 ounce Kümmel Juice of 1/2 Lime Shake with cracked ice. TOVARICH 1 part Kümmel 2 parts Lime Juice 8 parts Vodka Shake with chilled ice. This recipe is adapted from Charles H. Baker, Jr.'s 1951 book, The South American Gentleman's Companion: Being an Exotic Drinking Book or, Up & Down the Andes with Jigger, Beaker & Flask. Here is the TOVARITCH COCKTAIL, or COCTEL TOVARITCH, which, despite its unlikely name, is worth recording in this work, from Restaurante Troika, in Buenos Aires. As near as can be figured out from a first visit 4 years ago, there was nothing red about the establishment except the lips of the large, buxom, boisterous Caucasian singing waitresses. These women also performed in the chorus line when not serving patrons from the kitchen or bar. They had all left Russia a long time ago and had no desire or intention of returning, being quite content with their circumstances at that time. And please remember, this drink must be very cold to taste correct. 1½ oz Vodka 1 pony imported Kümmel Juice ¼ lemon White of 1 egg 1 tsp sugar or grenadine Shake with fine ice both long and hard; strain into a pre-chilled stemmed glass, and twist a curl of lemon peel over.