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Zester Cocktail

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Gin and sweet vermouth with Bonal Gentiane Quina make a bittersweet, herbal drink, shaken and finished with a lemon twist. From Paris in 1929.

The Zester Cocktail appears in "Recettes de Cocktails pour 1929", where the recipe differs between its two editions, using either Secrestat Bitters, which closely resembles Bonal, or Campari; the reason for the switch is unexplained, and both editions specify Cinzano vermouth. In its Campari form, with a 4:4:3 ratio, it counts as one of the earliest Negroni variants. The name refers to the lemon zest that both editions place in the shaker.

Method
Shaken
Glass
rocks
Difficulty
Medium
Flavor Profile
Bitter
Citrus
Dry
Herbal

Ingredients

Servings:
1
Your bar: 0/4
Gin
30 ml
Lemon Twist
1
Sweet Vermouth
30 ml
Bonal Gentiane Quina
23 ml
🌱 Vegan🌾 Gluten-free🍷 Contains sulphites

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Instructions

  1. Combine all ingredients, including the zest of one lemon, in a mixing vessel with a lid.
  2. Pack this container tightly with ice cubes.
  3. Vigorously agitate until well chilled.
  4. Pour the mixture through a fine mesh strainer into your preferred serving glass—either a cocktail glass or an ice-filled rocks glass.

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