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How to make the perfect Manhattan cocktail - barhomevip - 07-20-2022
The legend says that the Manhattan cocktail was born at the Manhattan Club in New York, during a banquet, in 1874, from the fervid imagination of the statesman Winston Churchill’s mother, Jennie Jerome, a lovely lady who dabbled with liqueurs and spirits to surprise their guests with witty inventions.
There are some who adhere to dry-martini dogma when making a manhattan, thinking the drink improves with less vermouth. But the classic, best and most flavorful ratio for this drink remains two to one. Whether you use bourbon or rye is entirely a matter of taste. Bourbon will get you a slightly sweeter, more mellow drink; rye a drier, spicier one. Both versions can be excellent. Use homemade cocktail cherries if possible, or a quality brand like Luxardo. Eschew the common neon-red orbs found in supermarkets. They are cherries the way that stuff movies theaters put on popcorn is butter.
Ingredients
2 ounces rye whiskey
1 ounce sweet vermouth (look for an Italian vermouth like Dolin or Carpano Antica)
3 dashes angostura bitters
Luxardo cherries
Optional: orange peel, for garnish
Ways:
Add two handfuls of ice cubes to a cocktail mixing glass or shaker.
Add whiskey, vermouth, and bitters, to the glass and stir. You want the ingredients thoroughly, but gently, blended, and well-chilled, so stir for about two minutes.
Spoon one dark Luxardo cocktail cherry (with a bit of its syrup) into the base of a chilled cocktail glass, either a coupe or a martini glass. (If you’re using an old-fashioned glass, simply spear a few cherries onto a cocktail skewer, or opt for an orange peel.)
Strain the cocktail into the glass and enjoy.
How to make the Manhattan Perfect
The Perfect is in the middle because it provides the same amount of whiskey, but it is made with both vermouths: 1 cl dry vermouth and 1 cl sweet vermouth, the red one. The result is excellent, consistently smooth, but less sweet, and the taste of dry vermouth adds a delicious herbaceous hint.
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