Recipes

Chartreuse Smash

  • Serves

    makes ONE DRINK

MAXIME IATTONI

Developed by Adam Rothstein, beverage director for New York's Bobo restaurant, this sweet (but not too sweet) cocktail is a terrific vehicle for Chartreuse; when we tested it, it converted even the most adamant opponents to the herbal, bright-green liqueur.

Ingredients

  • 10 mint leaves
  • 1 oz. lemon juice, from about 1/2 lemon
  • 2 tsp. turbinado sugar
  • 2 oz. green Chartreuse
  • 1 sprig of mint, for garnish

Instructions

Step 1

Place mint, lemon and sugar in a cocktail shaker and muddle. Add chartreuse and fill with ice. Shake thoroughly, and strain into a glass filled with crushed ice. Garnish with mint sprig.

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