Captain Handsome

By miss5elements

Recipe adapted from Vessel (Seattle) for Food Network Magazine

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

Preparation

Step 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.

Photograph by Jonathan Kantor