Monkey Gland

Name: Monkey Gland
Prep time: 3 min
Total time: 3 min
Yield: 1 serving
Cuisine: Bulgarian
Ingredients: 50 ml gin; 30 ml fresh orange juice; 2 drops absinthe; 2 drops grenadine; 1 orange twist, to garnish

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Prep3 min

Cook0 min

Total3 min

Harry MacElhone's 1920s Paris cocktail, named after a notorious rejuvenation surgery — gin and orange juice with a few drops of absinthe and grenadine, shaken and served straight up.

Ingredients

Serves:1

50 ml gin
30 ml fresh orange juice
2 drops absinthe
2 drops grenadine
1 orange twist, to garnish

Nutrition (estimated)

medium confidence

356kcal · per serving

Protein

49g

Carbs

1.4g

Fat

Recipe total: 356 kcal · P 8g · C 49g · F 1.4g

Estimated from 5 of 5 ingredients

Approximate estimate, calculated from the ingredients.

Video

Steps

1
Chill a cocktail glass.
2
Pour the gin, orange juice, absinthe and grenadine into a shaker filled with ice. Measure the absinthe and grenadine in drops, not spoons: they season the drink rather than flavour it.
3
Shake hard for 10 seconds.
4
Double strain into the chilled glass.
5
Express the orange twist over the drink and drop it in.

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Questions and answers

How long does Monkey Gland take to make?

About 3 minutes.

What are the proportions for Monkey Gland?

50 ml gin; 30 ml fresh orange juice; 2 drops absinthe; 2 drops grenadine; 1 orange twist.

How many servings does this Monkey Gland recipe make?

1 serving. The servings buttons above the ingredients rescale every amount.

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