Eve Recipe

By
Paul Clarke
Paul Clarke
Paul Clarke blogs about cocktails at The Cocktail Chronicles and writes regularly on spirits and cocktails for Imbibe magazine. He lives in Seattle, where he works as a writer and magazine editor.
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Updated March 26, 2025
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Before serving a big Thanksgiving meal, there are two things you want to avoid: getting your guests (or yourself) too giddy on generous pours of wine or scotch; and killing the palates of all the assembled guests by doling out rich, sweet pre-prandial ice-breakers that blunt, rather than enhance, the appetite.

Here's a way to avoid these related hazards, while still serving something creative that will help get the conversation flowing. Created by Audrey Saunders, co-owner of Pegu Club and the mind behind some of the best cocktails in current circulation, Eve relies wholly on a base of dry vermouth, its herbal flavor enhanced by a slow maceration of fresh apples. Lower in alcohol than a cocktail or a scotch on the rocks, and with a complexity of flavor that sets the stage for the meal to come, Eve has a delicate character perfectly suited for the season.

Recipe Details

Eve Recipe

Prep 10 mins
Infusing Time 120 hrs
Total 120 hrs 10 mins
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Ingredients

  • 1 liter Noilly Prat Extra Dry vermouth (make sure it’s a fresh, unopened bottle)

  • 8 Macintosh apples

  • 1 crab apple

Directions

  1. Using a mandolin, thinly slice the apples. Place the slices in a large jar and completely submerge with vermouth. Cover the jar and refrigerate for five days, gently agitating the mixture each day. Strain through a fine-mesh strainer and rebottle, keeping the infusion refrigerated.

  2. To serve, pour four ounces of the flavored vermouth into a coupe glass (a kind of champagne saucer). Thinly slice the crab apple on a mandoline, and float a slice in each drink as garnish.

Nutrition Facts (per serving)
2357 Calories
3g Fat
339g Carbs
6g Protein
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Nutrition Facts
Amount per serving
Calories 2357
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 3g 4%
Saturated Fat 0g 2%
Cholesterol 0mg 0%
Sodium 105mg 5%
Total Carbohydrate 339g 123%
Dietary Fiber 35g 125%
Total Sugars 162g
Protein 6g
Vitamin C 76mg 379%
Calcium 187mg 14%
Iron 5mg 25%
Potassium 2689mg 57%
*The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a food serving contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.
(Nutrition information is calculated using an ingredient database and should be considered an estimate.)

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