Classic cocktail
Chrysanthemum
A pre-Prohibition aperitif from Hugo Ensslin's 1916 book. Dry vermouth and Benedictine with a few dashes of absinthe.
- Glass
- Coupe
- Method
- Stir
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Ingredients
- 3
Ingredients
- 2 oz Dry VermouthMore Dry Vermouth cocktails
- 1 oz Benedictine
- 3 dash AbsintheMore Absinthe cocktails
Garnish: Orange twist
How to make it
- Add the vermouth, Benedictine, and absinthe to a mixing glass with ice.
- Stir until well chilled.
- Strain into a chilled coupe.
- Garnish with an orange twist.
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