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Quintessential Royal

Aperitivo/aperitif · Bittersweet (e.g. Negroni)

4.2 16 ratings

Ingredients

1 2/3 oz Americano rosso
5/6 oz Scotch whisky
1/3 oz Cynar/carciofo amaro
2 drop Chocolate bitters

How to make

Serve in a old-fashioned glass

Method

  1. 1 Select and pre-chill an OLD-FASHIONED GLASS.
  2. 2 RIM glass with cacao powder (moisten outside rim with sugar syrup and dip into cacao powder).
  3. 3 STIR all ingredients with ice.
  4. 4 STRAIN into ice-filled glass (preferably over a large cube or chunk of block ice).

Flavour profile

19.4% alc./vol. · 1.2 standard drinks · 176 calories

History

The cacao powder rim echoes subtle chocolate flavours in this bittersweet aperitivo.

This recipe was adapted from a creation by Andrea Kollcaku in 2021 at Annabell's in Mayfair, London, England.