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Absinthe Cocktail

A cocktail made with chipped ice, iced water, anisette, Angostura bitters, and absinthe.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 5 ingredients
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Absinthe Cocktail

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Fill a half-pint tumbler halfway with chipped ice.

  2. Add iced water in a small stream.

  3. Add anisette, Angostura bitters, and absinthe.

  4. Shake well and strain into a claret glass.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

Explore the science

What each ingredient does

Absinthe
Provides the dominant anise-herbal aroma and flavour that defines the drink.
Anisette
Adds sweetness and additional anise flavour that softens absinthe's intensity.
Iced water
Dilutes the spirits and lowers their temperature, mellowing the flavour and releasing aromatics.

The step that matters

Shake well and strain. Shaking chills and dilutes the mixture with ice, which smooths the strong alcohol and anise notes. Straining keeps ice shards out of the glass so the drink stays clear and smooth.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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