Appetizer à l’Italienne Recipe
Sweet vermouth stiffened with a heavy pour of Fernet-Branca and a trace of absinthe: dark, minty-bitter and built to wake up an appetite.
- Category: Popular
- Glass: Coupe glass
- ABV: 20%
- Difficulty: Easy
Ingredients
- Sweet red vermouth60 ml (2 oz)
- Fernet-Branca30 ml (1 oz)
- Simple syrup1 tsp
- Absinthe1 tsp
How to Make It
- Add all ingredients to a mixing glass with ice.
- Stir until well chilled.
- Strain into a chilled Nick and Nora or small coupe.
- Express a lemon twist and an orange twist over the drink and drop both in.
Garnish
Lemon and orange twists
The Story
A pre-Prohibition aperitif recorded by New York bartender William Schmidt in his 1892 book The Flowing Bowl, and one of the earliest printed cocktails to call for fernet.
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