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Cocktail recipe

Monkey Gland

A shaken cocktail featuring Gin, Orange juice, Absinthe.

Monkey Gland cocktail

Ingredients

  • 45 ml Gin
  • 45 ml Orange Juice
  • 1 tbsp Absinthe
  • 1 tbsp Grenadine Syrup

Method

  1. Add Gin, Orange Juice, Absinthe and Grenadine Syrup to a shaker.
  2. Add ice and shake until cold.
  3. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass.

Story

Harry MacElhone named it in the 1920s after the surgeon Serge Voronoff, who was grafting monkey testicle tissue into wealthy patients as a rejuvenation cure. The cocktail has aged better than the procedure.