French Pearl Cocktail
- Strong
- dry
A dry, strong cocktail, shaken over ice, served in a coupe glass.
Serve in: coupe glass
Ingredients
- 2 ozgin
- 0.25 ozPastis
- 0.75 ozLime juice
- 0.5 ozsimple syrup
- 5Mint leavesoptional
How to Make a French Pearl
Instructions
- Muddle the mint leaves in your cocktail shaker.
- Shake all ingredients with ice and fine strain into chilled glass.
Garnish
Garnish with a lime wheel and mint sprig.
Tips & substitutions
- No gin? Try vodka, tequila or white rum.
- No anise flavored liqueur? Try absinthe or pastis.
- No limes? Try lemons.
The glass
Serve this one in a coupe glass. Also known as Champagne Coupe or Champagne saucer. Fancy looking glass invented in the mid 17th century in England.
Did you know
Created by Audrey Saunders in 2006 as a tribute to the Beaux-Arts Neoclassical architectural movement of the late 1800s in France, an era in which sipping pastis was quite fashionable. The “pearl” refers to the visual opacity of the drink, an effect referred to as “louching,” which naturally occurs when any anise-flavored liqueur or spirit meets water.
