2011-02-06

Atty cocktail


One of my favorite cocktails is the Atty (first had it at the The Diamond, made by Josh Pape). The Atty is very dry, refreshing, just lightly sweetened with a bit of anis from absinthe. The violet colour is simply beautiful, I think. I like wiping the rim of the glass with lemon and adding a tiny drop of lemon juice, so it makes a colour gradient from purple to lighter at the bottom.


ATTY from the savoy cocktail book (1930)

45 ml Dry Gin
23 ml Noilly Prat Dry Vermouth
3 Dashes (½ tsp) Le Fée Parisienne (68%) absinthe
3 Dashes (½ tsp) Crème de Violette


Stir in a half ice-filled mixing-glass until chilled, pour into pre-chilled cocktail glass and squeeze lemon peel over a glass and float it on top. mmm fancy!

I could not find Creme de Violette in Amsterdam so just used local Bols Perfait Amour instead.


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