Green Goddess Cocktail

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By Bonnie Benwick

Cucumber, jalapeño, mint and arugula travel unneurotic successful this refreshing, verdant cocktail. Originally developed astatine the Los Angeles-based edifice Luques, it wa archetypal a nonalcoholic portion that was aboriginal enhanced with greenish tea-infused vodka. (See the "mocktail" Variations, below.)

If you like, rinse the wrong of the solid with absinthe conscionable earlier assembling the drink; the absinthe doesn't adhd overmuch flavor, but does heighten the cocktail's aroma and mouthfeel.

Adapted from Christiaan Rollich, erstwhile caput barman astatine Lucques, A.O.C. and Tavern successful Los Angeles.

Ingredients

For the arugula elemental syrup

  • 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
  • 1 cupful water
  • 1 1/2 cups loosely packed arugula

For the greenish tea-infused vodka

  • 1 cupful vodka
  • 1/2 spoon escaped greenish tea

For the drink

  • Absinthe, for the solid (optional)
  • Ice cubes
  • 2 ounces greenish tea-infused vodka
  • 1 ounce caller citrus juice
  • 3/4 ounce arugula elemental syrup
  • 1/2 ounce caller cucumber juice
  • 1 to 2 dashes caller jalapeno juice, to sensation (see Notes)
  • 3 bladed cucumber slices (unpeeled), for garnish
  • 1 ample caller mint sprig, for garnish

Adapted from Christiaan Rollich, erstwhile caput barman astatine Lucques, A.O.C. and Tavern successful Los Angeles.

Tested by Bonnie S. Benwick.

Published October 26, 2015

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Updated March 15, 2026

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