Red Opal Cocktail
- Strong
- sour
- dry
A sour and dry, strong cocktail, shaken over ice, served in a coupe glass.
Serve in: coupe glass
Ingredients
- 1 ozdry gin
- 0.75 ozblood orange liqueur
- 1 ozblood orange juice
- 0.25 ozrich syrup
- 2 dashorange blossom water
- iceoptional
How to Make a Red Opal
Instructions
- In a shaker, combine all the ingredients with ice.
- Shake well until the outside of the shaker feels cold.
- Strain the mixture into a chilled glass.
Garnish
Express orange zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.
Tips & substitutions
- No orange blossom water? Try rose water.
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
Adapted from the 1920s classic Opal recipe by Simon Difford.
