Black Manhattan

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Prep: 5 mins Cook: None Serves: 1

Ingredients

  • 60ml bourbon or rye whiskey (2 oz)
  • 30ml Averna amaro (1 oz)
  • 2 dashes Angostura bitters
  • 1 dash orange bitters
  • Ice, for stirring
  • Garnish: brandied cherry

Instructions

  1. Combine whiskey, Averna, Angostura, and orange bitters in a mixing glass with ice.
  2. Stir until well-chilled.
  3. Strain into a chilled coupe or Nick & Nora glass.
  4. Drop in a brandied cherry.
Canonical uses 1 dash each bitter; family version uses 2 dashes Angostura.
· Todd Smith, Bourbon & Branch, San Francisco (2005)
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