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Mince Pie

mince pie cocktail

Mince Pie

Adapted from a recipe believed to have originated in Newark around 1890.

Ingredients
  

  • 2¼ ounces applejack
  • ¾ ounce Yellow Chartreuse
  • 1 dash orange bitters
  • Lemon peel, for garnish

Instructions
 

  • Add the applejack, Chartreuse, and bitters into an ice-filled mixing glass, and stir until chilled, about 30 seconds. Strain into a chilled cocktail coupe. Squeeze the lemon peel over the drink’s surface and drop it into the glass.

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