Finding Peggy

Ezra Star, Drink | Boston

photo: Eric Medsker

“I love the combination of Dubonnet and Pastis,” says Ezra Star of Drink in Boston. “Each one brings out something unexpected in the other.” Based on the Peggy cocktail, a two-to-one Martini improved with a touch of pastis and Dubonnet from the 1935 Mr. Boston, Ezra Star’s Finding Peggy brings Dubonnet front and center. “I wanted to take this combination and flip it on its head,” says Star. She means that literally: Star doubles the aperitif and reduces the gin by half. Spicy dry vermouth underscores the Dubonnet, which plays up the floral, anise quality of pastis.

Ingredients

Serving: 1

  • 1 1/2 ounces Dubonnet Rouge
  • 1 1/2 ounces Dubonnet Rouge
  • 3/4 ounce dry gin
  • 3/4 ounce dry gin
  • 3/4 ounce dry vermouth
  • 3/4 ounce dry vermouth
  • 1 barspoon Ricard pastis
  • 1 barspoon Ricard pastis

Directions
  1. Combine all ingredients in a mixing glass over ice and stir until chilled.
  2. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass or coupette.

Tagged: Dubonnet

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