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Published Oct. 28, 2025
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Ingredients
- Ice
- 2ounces dry gin
- ¾ ounce dry vermouth
- Scant ¼ ounce absinthe
- 1lemon peel, for serving
Nutritional analysis per serving (1 servings)
184 calories; 0 grams fat; 0 grams saturated fat; 0 grams trans fat; 0 grams monounsaturated fat; 0 grams polyunsaturated fat; 1 gram carbohydrates; 0 grams dietary fiber; 0 grams sugars; 0 grams protein; 2 milligrams sodium
Note: The information shown is Edamam’s estimate based on available ingredients and preparation. It should not be considered a substitute for a professional nutritionist’s advice.
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Preparation
- Step 1
Freeze a martini or Nick and Nora glass for at least 15 minutes and up to 1 hour. (You can also fill the glass with ice and water, stir for 30 seconds, pour out the ice and water, and pour the finished drink into the now-chilled glass.)
- Step 2
In a cocktail shaker or mixing glass filled with ice, combine the gin, vermouth and absinthe. Stir until very cold, about 30 seconds, then strain into the chilled glass. Hold the lemon peel by its long edges, skin facing down into the glass, pinch the peel to release the citrus oils then discard the lemon peel.
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Never ever ever add the ice to the cocktail shaker until you have all the ingredients in the shaker, your garnish ready, and your glass chilled. Watched too many drinks go to ruin after the bartender poured one ingredient over the ice then spent his happy time finding the other ingredients and making the garnish then tossing it all in glass straight out of the dishwasher.
@SoBroGal Only shake if the recipe contains fruit juice. Drinks like this, that contain only liquor, should be stirred.
A nice variation is to just use a couple of spritzes of absinthe, or an absinthe rinse.
This is a great recipe but time for the NYT to print a new one....please.
Enough of this cocktail! Almost every day I see it on NYTs; they keep promoting it—please, a little variety goes a long way
I can't say that this drink worked for me. I like a traditional gin and dry vermouth martini, and I also like absinthe, but I did not like the combination of dry vermouth and absinthe together. I tried to convince myself that the salty vermouth and the sweet absinthe were somehow like licorice, but.. no. Maybe a higher end vermouth would have been better, but this drink overall might not be for me.