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Suffering Bastard : The original recipe for the favorite drink of Egyptians in the 1950s.
Recipe
For 1 person
2.5 cl gin
2.5 cl brandy
2 cl Lime Cordial
A few drops of Angostura bitters
8 cl Ginger Beer
How to make
👉 shaker / 🥃 old-fashioned / 🍹 long drink (15cl) / ⏱️ 4 mn
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Shake the gin, brandy, lime juice cordial and Angostura bitters with a few ice cubes.
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Strain into an old-fashioned glass.
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Complete with ginger beer.
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Stir lightly with a mixing spoon.
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Insert a slice of orange and garnish with a sprig of mint.
About
Most histories agree that the Suffering Bastard was created in the 1940s, but accounts vary as to its creator and geographic origin. One widely accepted theory places its birth in Cairo, Egypt, during World War II, in a bar at Shepheard's Hotel, which was a popular meeting place for British soldiers and officers. According to this version, the cocktail was invented by a bartender named Joe Scialom, a man of Egyptian and Italian descent, who was the hotel's head bartender at the time.
