Manhattan
A wintry cocktail of bourbon and sweet vermouth
Recipe Meta
Prep
5 mins (plus chilling)
Cook
N/A
Serves
2
Difficulty
Easy
Ingredients
- 75ml bourbon
- 50ml sweet vermouth
- 3 dashes of Angostura bitters
- ½ tsp maraschino liqueur
- 2-4 cocktail cherries
- 2 slices of orange zest
Method
First, choose your glasses – small coupes work well. Put the glasses into the fridge for at least 30 mins.
Pack a cocktail tin (or measuring jug) with ice. Pour over the bourbon, sweet vermouth, Angostura bitters and maraschino. Stir for 1 min. Sit a cocktail cherry in each chilled glass or skewer a couple on a cocktail stick. Strain the Manhattan into the glasses.
Use a vegetable peeler to remove two slices of orange zest. Twist each over the top of a drink then run it around the rim of the glass.