Casino Cocktail
This recipe is featured in Brittany Chardin’s story, “Bitters Suite” featured in the spring 2010 issue of in the Mix Magazine.
My take on the Casino Cocktail – one of my favorites and a great cocktail to turn non-gin drinkers on to gin. Who knew I liked gin!
- Tony Abou-Ganim
Ingredients:
1½ oz Bombay Sapphire Gin
½ oz Luxardo maraschino liqueur
1½ oz fresh lemon sour (2 parts fresh lemon juice, 1 part simple syrup)
2-3 dashes of orange bitters
3 Luxardo brandied cherries
Directions:
In a mixing glass of a Boston shaker, add gin, maraschino liqueur, fresh lemon sour, and orange bitters; shake with ice until well chilled. Strain into a chilled cocktail coupe; garnish with 3 brandied cherries and a splash of the brandied cherry juice.
