Vetted Recipes

Captain Handsome

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 ounces gin
  • 1/2 ounce creme de violette
  • 1/2 ounce fresh lime juice
  • 1/4 ounce limoncello
  • Absinthe, for the glass
  • Splash of chilled seltzer
  • Brandied cherry (sold in jars at gourmet stores), for garnish

Instructions

  1. Fill a cocktail shaker halfway with ice. Add the gin, creme de violette, lime juice and limoncello and shake well. Rinse the inside of a cocktail glass with absinthe. Strain the drink into the glass, add the seltzer and garnish with a brandied cherry.
  2. Photograph by Jonathan Kantor

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