Verlaine’s Parisian Cocktail

RECIPE: Aaron Melendrez for Verlaine, Los Angeles(This venue has permanently closed.)

Photo: Jim Sullivan, MediumRaw Arts

June 23, 2017

A gin-forward version of the 1920s-era cocktail.

Adapted from Harry’s ABC of Mixing Cocktails, the original Parisian cocktail put vermouth at the forefront, but Aaron Melendrez lets gin take the lead in this variation served at Verlaine in Los Angeles. Melendrez calls it, “so well balanced even Harry would approve.”

Ingredients

2 1/2 oz. Plymouth gin
3/4 oz. dry vermouth
1/2 oz. crème de cassis
4 dashes lavender bitters
Lemon twist

Tools:barspoon
Glass:Nick and Nora

Preparation

Combine all of the ingredients in a mixing glass with ice, then stir until chilled. Strain into a chilled glass. Express the oils from a lemon peel over the glass, then discard.