Shaken · Nick & Nora
GarnishLemon twist
Shaken · Nick & Nora
Harry Craddock, The Savoy Cocktail Book, London (1930)
Leave It to Me cocktail recipe
What goes in it
- 1.5 oz
- 0.33 ozApricot liqueur
Bottle · Apricot Liqueur
- 0.33 ozDry vermouth
Bottle · Dry Vermouth
- 0.5 tspLemon juice
Fresh juice · Recipe below ↓
- 0.5 tspGrenadine (1:1)
House prep · Recipe below ↓
Method · Shaken
- 1Shake everything with ice until well chilled.
- 2Fine strain into a chilled Nick and Nora glass and express a lemon twist over the top.
- Glass
- Nick & Nora
- Ice
- Up
- Garnish
- Lemon twist
Prep ahead
Fresh juice
Lemon Juice
- Yield
- About 1.5 oz per lemon
- Keeps
- 2 days
- Storage
- Refrigerated
Ingredients
- Fresh lemons
Method
- 1Juice in small batches. Strain out seeds and pulp. Store in the refrigerator.
House prep
Grenadine (1:1)
- Keeps
- 3 weeks
- Storage
- Refrigerated
Ingredients
- 1 partpomegranate juice (by volume)
- 1 partwhite sugar (by volume)
- Optional: a few drops of orange flower water
Method
- 1Warm the pomegranate juice and stir in the sugar until dissolved. Do not boil. Let cool and add the orange flower water if using. Store in the refrigerator.
About the Leave It to Me
Leave It to Me is a cocktail made with london dry gin, apricot liqueur and dry vermouth, created by Harry Craddock in 1930.
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