Vesper Cocktail

1 serving

5 minutes

Whoever invented this cocktail must have done so no later than 1950: Ian Fleming wrote the recipe in the very first Bond book, Casino Royale. Bond names the cocktail after his lover Vesper Lynd. In the end, she condemns herself to death as a double agen

Energy value per serving

• Calories: 154.5
• Proteins: 0.3g
• Fats: 0g
• Carbohydrates: 0.8g

Ingredients

• Gin: 50 ml
• Vodka: 10 ml
• Lime: 0.5 pc
• Lime zest: to taste
• Wine: 25 ml
• Grapefruit zest: to taste

Cooking steps

1. To chill the glass: fill it with crushed ice and let it sit.

2. In a mixing glass filled with ice, pour gin, vodka, and aperitif wine, squeeze lime juice, and mix thoroughly.

   Required ingredients:

   • Gin: 50 ml
   • Vodka: 10 ml
   • Lime: 0.5 piece
   • Wine: 25 ml

3. Remove ice from the serving glass, pour in the cocktail, run lime zest along the rim of the glass and spritz the cocktail with it, garnish with grapefruit and lime zest.

   Required ingredients:

   • Lime zest:  to taste
   • Grapefruit zest:  to taste