Exotic fruit, citrus, apple
Play off the apple notes with cider-glazed pork chops and roasted root vegetables.
This popular drink of the 1920s and ’30s may be named after a New York gangster or a French garden rose; like so many speakeasy drinks, it is layered with more stories than ingredients. Very likely, it gained its name from its rosy color and its base spirit, applejack. It’s also famous for being the cocktail that appeared in Hemingway’s 1926 novel, The Sun Also Rises. Dig out your dogeared copy and flip to Chapter Six, where you’ll find American journalist Jake Barnes ordering up this drink at the Hotel Crillon in Paris as he waits to rendezvous with Lady Brett Ashley. She stands him up, which makes this a very good drink for nursing bruised egos and heartache.
Note: This drink can be made with lime juice, but we prefer lemon.
2 ounces (60 ml) Laird’s Applejack
1 ounce (30 ml) fresh lemon juice
2 teaspoons grenadine (page 244)
Lemon peel, for garnish
Shake ingredients with ice and strain into a chilled coupe glass. To garnish, twist the peel over the surface of the cocktail to express the oil. Then, run the peel around the rim of the glass and drop it into the drink.