The Benjamin
This impromptu cocktail was mentioned in Molly Wizenberg’s new memoir, Delancey, about her and her husband’s opening of a restaurant in Seattle.
Molly and Brandon’s good friend, Ben, offered this cocktail.
Almost all cocktails have a sweet element to them, whether in the spirit itself (rum, bourbon) or aromatic wine or liqueur, or sugar to offset bitters or acid. Something. The Benjamin is a 100% savory cocktail; there is no sweet element to it, and this may take getting used to. It’s spicy.
Ingredients:
3 ounces gin
Splash of dry vermouth (optional)
1/8 to 1/2 teaspoon freshly and coarsely ground pepper
2 garlic cloves, gently cracked with the flat side of a knife
1. Combine the gin, vermouth (if using), pepper, and 1 garlic clove in a shaker. Fill the shaker two-thirds with ice. Shake the hell out of it.
2. Strain into a chilled martini glass, and garnish with the second garlic clove.
We must continue the tradition of great cocktails for future generations, if we don’t, who will? If not now, when?
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