45. Blanche Cocktail

My interpretation:
  1.25 oz Cointreau
  1.25 oz Pierre Ferrand Dry Curaçao
  0.5 oz Romana Sambuca

Shake well (20 seconds), strain into glass. — A dessert duo or trio which should be called simply a Blanche, this is a fine drink, if a little sweet. It is also a post-Prohibition newcomer to the Jack’s Manual, not appearing in earlier editions. Other sources suggest that the drink may originally have called for absinthe blanche, or white absinthe, rather than anisette. Also, it may have originally called for clear curaçao and hence had a white rather than pale orange appearance.

1. Absinthe Cocktail

My interpretation:
  2.25 oz Grand Absente absinthe
  1 dash Regan’s Orange Bitters
  1 dash Angostura Bitters
  1 dash Romana Sambuca (in lieu of anisette)

Shake well. I interpolate a full glass of cracked ice, although it is not specified. Jack says his normal shake is 10 seconds. Given that the three dashes are not going to raise the 2.25 oz of absinthe to a 3 oz cocktail, we are depending on wet ice or a long shake to obtain the proper volume. I add a garnish of fresh mint from the garden, also not specified.