TUXEDO COBBLER

Makes: 1 drink

ounce absinthe (optional) 6 thinly sliced lemon wheels

ounce simple syrup

Pinch of flaky sea salt 1 ounces gin

1 ounces manzanilla sherry 4 dashes orange bitters

Ice cubes

Crushed ice, for serving

1. Chill a highball or Collins glass. Rinse glass with absinthe, if using, tossing out excess liquid.

2. In a mixing glass, muddle 4 of the lemon wheels with simple syrup and salt. Add gin, sherry, bitters and ice cubes and stir until chilled, about 15 seconds. Strain into chilled glass and top with enough crushed ice to mound above rim. Garnish with remaining 3 lemon wheels. Serve with a straw.

CHRIS SIMPSON/THE NEW YORK TIMES The gin-based Tuxedo cocktail and the cobbler come together beautifully in this slightly boozier version.