Absinthe by What's Cooking America

History of Absinthe by Linda Stradley of What's Cooking America. 

Absinthe Cocktail Recipes:

In the past, absinthe was a very popular cocktail ingredient. In the 1930s, The Savory Cocktail Book by Harry Craddock, it listed 104 cocktails using absinthe.

Sazerac Cocktail

This drink is considered by historians as the first cocktail ever invented. It was originally created by a New Orleans pharmacy in the early 19th century to ward off tropical malaise.

1 1/2 ounces absinthe
2 ounces Cognac
3 dashes Peychaud's Bitters
1/2 teaspoon granulated sugar

Shake with ice and strain into an old-fashion glass (or an egg-cup, garnish with lemon peel.
 

Absinthe Suissesse

This cocktail is a staple at The Old Absinthe House in New Orleans. There are many variations of this drink. It is also one of the finest "morning after" remedies you will ever taste.

1 1/2 ounces absinthe
1/2 ounce orgeat syrup*
1 egg white
1/2 ounce cream
4 ounces shaved or crushed ice

* Orgeat syrup is a sweet syrup made from almonds, sugar, and either rose water or orange-flower water.

Combine all ingredients in a blender, blend for 5 seconds and serve in a chilled cocktail glass.
 

Ernest Hemingway's 'Death in the Afternoon Cocktail'

A recipe verified in the 1935 humoristic celebrities' cocktail book titled
So Red the Nose, or Breath in the Afternoon.

Hemingway wrote: "This was arrived at by the author and three officers of the H.M.S. Danae after having spent seven hours overboard trying to get Capt. Bra Saunders' fishing boat off a bank where she had gone with us in a N.W. gale."

Pour one (1) jigger absinthe into a Champagne glass.

Add iced Champagne until it attains the proper opalescent milkiness.

Drink three to five of these slowly.

Absinthe Martini - European style

The mixture below was created around the beginning of the 20th century, when it became fashionable in France to drink American-style' cocktails.

1 1/2 ounces dry vermouth
1 dash absinthe
1 dash orange bitters

Shake with ice and strain into a cocktail glass.
 

Green Fairy Cocktail

1 ounce absinthe
1 ounce water
Juice of 1 lemon
2 teaspoons egg white
1 dash Angostura bitters

Shake thoroughly with ice and strain into a cocktail glass.