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Pimm’s Italiano

Photo of a Pimm's Italiano on a table.
Photo by Daniel Krieger

This easy cocktail is a refreshing, slightly bitter spin on the Pimm’s Cup, thanks to the addition of Cynar, a vegetal Italian liqueur.

Recipe information

  • Total Time

    2 minutes

  • Yield

    Makes 1 cocktail

Ingredients

Wheel of English cucumber
½ oz. Cynar
1½ oz. Pimm’s No. 1
4 oz. tonic water, such as Fever-Tree
Garnish: long English cucumber spear and lemon wedge

Preparation

  1. Muddle the cucumber wheel and Cynar in the bottom of a highball glass. Add ice cubes, Pimm's, and tonic water. Stir gently, then add the cucumber spear and the lemon wedge.

Photo of The New Craft of the Cocktail cookbook cover with a person's hands over a red drink in a martini glass.
Reprinted from The New Craft of the Cocktail: Everything You Need to Know to Think Like a Master Mixologist, with 500 Recipes by Dale DeGroff. Copyright © 2020. Photographs by Daniel Krieger. Published by Clarkson Potter, a division of Penguin Random House, LLC. Buy the full book from Amazon.
TagsCocktailAlcoholBeveragesCynarAmaroLiqueurPimm'sCucumberVegetableCookbooks

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