Have a Heart Cocktail

Vintage cocktails can call for some odd ingredients. Several in the book reference a liquor called Swedish Punsch. My friend David was kind enough to swing by Binny’s last time he was in Chicago, so I had some on hand and was eager to try it. The first drink I made with it was the Have a Heart Cocktail:

• 1.50 ounces gin
• 0.75 ounce Swedish Punsch
• 0.75 ounce fresh lime juice
• 0.25 ounce real pomegranate grenadine

Shake well in an iced cocktail shaker, strain into a cocktail glass. Garnish with a lime wedge

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The Avenue

I almost wanted to call this drink “The Amazon” since I had to order most of the ingredients on-line.

• 1 ounce bourbon
• 1 ounce Calvados
• 1 ounce passion fruit juice or nectar
• 1 dash real pomegranate grenadine
• 1 dash orange flower water

Shake in an iced cocktail shaker and strain into a glass. Garnish with a carnation boutonnière

The author found this recipe in a book called the Café Royal Cocktail Book (1937). Times were different 70 years ago, and I hope that it is okay that I left off the boutonnière garnish.