Drink Recipes - Absinthe

ORIGINAL ABSINTHE SERVING RECIPE

The original absinthe recipe: first you pour roughly three ounces of absinthe into a heavy parfait-style stemmed absinthe glass. A perforated absinthe spoon is set upon the rim of the glass and on the spoon is placed a cube of sugar. Ice-cold water is ever so slowly dripped from a glass carafe onto the cube. The sugar dissolves and you continue pouring until the ratio of absinthe to water is about two to five parts, depending upon your taste and fortitude. Give the absinthe drink a spin with the spoon and drink like you dripped - slowly.

THE CZECH ABSINTHE RITUAL

Pour a shot of Absinthe in a small tumbler. Take a teaspoon of sugar. Dip the teaspoon into the absinthe so that the sugar absorbs the liquor. Then, holding the spoon above the absinthe, set light to the sugar. Let it burn for a minute or so. The sugar will bubble and begin to caramelise. Once the flame is beginning to die down, stir the shot of absinthe with the sugared spoon (smothering the glass if it catches alight). Now add an equal measure of water and some ice if required.

OTHER ABSINTHE DRINKS:

DESIRE
1/4 Absinthe
1/2 tablespoon sugar
3/4 lemon juice
Shake well and pour into cocktail glass.


TRAFFIC LIGHT
2 parts of cranberry juice
1 part of orange juice
1 part of Absinthe
Pour carefully into a cocktail glass half filled with ice.


CORRIDA
1 shot Absinthe
1 shot vodka
1 can Red Bull
Shake ingredients with ice and strain into ice filled collins glass.