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Recipe
How to make
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Pour the gin and lime cordial in a mixing glass with a few ice cubes.
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Stir with a mixing spoon.
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Strain into a martini glass.
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Optionally insert a lemon zest as decoration.
History
Several stories contradict each other about the origin of the Gimlet cocktail but it is more likely to be attributed to Thomas Desmond Gimlette (1857–1943), admiral and doctor in the "Royal Navy" of the British army. The lemon had the power to fight against scurvy, and the gin made it possible to preserve the vitamin C present in the lemon.
The cocktail would originally have been composed of gin and lime juice but for a long time, many bartenders have agreed that the lemon juice should be replaced by lime cordial to sweeten the cocktail.
If you don't have a lime cordial, you can replace it with 1 cl of lime juice and 1 cl of sugar syrup, but in this case prefer to hit the cocktail with a shaker.
