Pall Mall Martini

Need a cocktail without the sour element? Try this old-school cocktail that shows you what a cocktail was like in the 1920s. It's a perfect martini with a gentle hint of chocolate and orange bitters. By the way, a perfect martini is a martini that combines sweet and dry vermouth.

3 cl gin

3 cl sweet vermouth

3 cl dry vermouth

0.5 cl white crème de cacao

1 dash orange bitters

Shake the ingredients with ice, and strain into a coupe glass.

The recipe is found in Harry Craddock's famed book, The Savoy Cocktail Book, from 1930. Mr. Craddock bartended the American Bar at the Savoy Hotel, London, from 1920 to 1938. 

A later version of the Pall Mall uses white crème de menthe, taking the drink in another direction altogether.