Gin & It and Pink Gin

 

Next up, two beautifully simple cocktails.

First up, Gin and It. The “it” refers to the sweet red vermouth.

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Simply pour 30 ml gin and 30 ml sweet red vermouth into a mixing glass or cocktail shaker filled with ice. Stir well and strain into a frosted martini glass.

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For a Pink Gin:

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Add a few drops of Angostura bitters to a martini glass, roll around, then shake out. Add ice and gin and serve. (Can be served without ice if you prefer.)

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For both of these cocktails I used the last of my Hendrick’s gin (£22.73 for 70cl), Morrison’s own brand of rosso vermouth (£3.95 for 70cl at Morrisson’s) and of course Angostura bitters, made exclusively by House of Angostura in Trinidad and Tobago (£5.61 for 200ml – very cheap considering you only need a few drops at a time.)

Angostura bitters is definitely a good investment for a liquor cabinet as it is popularly used in many different cocktails and just a few drops make a world of difference to your drink.

Recipe taken from ‘Hollywood Cocktails’ by Tobias Steed and Ben Reed. Price for vermouth from Morrisons, price for gin from http://www.ocado.co.uk, price for bitters taken from http://www.thedrinkshop.com. Picture of bitters from http://www.wikipedia.org and picture of Gin and It from http://www.chow.com