Paradise cocktail: a fruity short drink to sip ideally as an aperitif.
Recipe
For 1 person
4 cl gin
2 cl Apricot Brandy
1 cl orange juice
How to make
👉 shaker / 🥃 martini / 🍸 short drink (7cl) / ⏱️ 3 mn
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Shake the gin, Apricot Brandy and orange juice with a few ice cubes
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Strain into a martini glass.
History
The cocktail Paradise recipe first appeared in 1930 in "The Savoy cocktail book" by Harry Craddock, it is the author of this book who is the creator of this cocktail .
Harry Craddock was a bartender in New York, then during prohibition in the USA, he went to the "American Bar" of the luxurious "Savoy Hotel" in London, where he became head bartender in 1924. He is the creator of no less 250 cocktails, one of which is the now classic "Paradise".