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Hegenderfer House of Cocktails

Arsenic and Old Lace Martini

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For the evening you want something faintly sinister in the glass and nowhere else. Violet stops at a quarter ounce and the absinthe rinse gets poured back out — push either one and you're drinking perfume. I crossed that line once, and the kitchen smelled like a florist all night.

Ingredients

  • 2 ozGin
  • ¾ ozVermouth
  • ¼ ozViolet liqueur
  • rinseAbsinthe — used to rinse the glass
  • —Orange bitters — amount not specified in source

Method

Add all ingredients into shaker and mix like a normal martini. Pour into a glass with an absinthe rinse.

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