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Vermouth cocktail

Ice-cold cocktail of Italian vermouth, maraschino and orange bitters, served in a sugar-rimmed glass with a cherry at the bottom. From Erken's Stor kokebok (1949), p. 755.

Source: Henriette Schønberg Erken, Stor kokebok, 1949-utg. s. 755 (falt i det fri)

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About the dish

The glass rim is rubbed with lemon and dipped in icing sugar, and a cherry sits at the bottom of the glass.

How to make it

  1. 1

    Prepare the glass

    Rub the rim with lemon and dip it in icing sugar. Put a cherry in the bottom of the glass.

  2. 2

    Mix

    Mix the maraschino, orange bitters and vermouth ice-cold with ice (the book gives no method; cocktails are shaken with ice, see its section on cocktail technique).

  3. 3

    Serve

    Pour the ice-cold cocktail into the glass.

Changes from the original

The quantities of maraschino and orange bitters are illegible in the source ("3 glass", "2 glass") and are not given. Shaking with ice is inferred from "is" in the ingredient list and the book's section on cocktail technique.

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1949 (proofread, p. 755) → Modernised~85% of the text changedremovedadded
3 glass maraschino 2 glass (mengden er uklar i kilden («3 glass»)). orangebitter (mengden er uklar i kilden («2 glass»)). 1 glass italiensk vermouth vermouth. sitron kirsebær (til å gni glassranden). flormelis (til å dyppe randen i). 1 stk kirsebær. is. Randen av glasset gnis Gni glassranden med sitron, dyppes sitron og dypp den i flormelis, flormelis. Legg et kirsebær legges i bunnen av glasset, hvorefter glasset.. Bland maraschino, orangebitter og vermouth iskaldt med is (boka angir ikke framgangsmåte; cocktails rystes med is, se avsnittet om cocktailbær).. Hell den iskolde cocktail helles i. iskalde cocktailen i glasset.

Note on Modernised

Mengdene av maraschino og orangebitter er uleselige i kilden («3 glass», «2 glass») og er derfor ikke oppgitt. Rysting med is er tolket fra «is» i ingredienslisten og boka avsnitt om cocktailbær.

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Frequently asked questions

How do I make the sugar rim?
Rub the rim with lemon and dip it in icing sugar.
How much maraschino and bitters?
The amounts are unclear in the source.

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