Trooper York puked all over my last cocktail comment thread, complaining that the Aviation sounded too sweet. Such a bitter blogfather. I should go clean up the mess, but perhaps I'll just walk away this time.
So here's a little something I found more up his alley. It's recipe based around a Sicilian liqueur called Averna Amaro. The recipe I'm using can be found here. I'm going to try it out.
La Dura Vita:
1-1/2 oz. gin
1 oz. Campari
1/2 oz. Averna amaro
Build and garnish with lemon twist. This one can be enjoyed at room temperature or slightly chilled. The Italians slug a shot of the stuff right out of the bottle after a heavy meal to aid in digestion.
Blogfather obviously has a bias against drinks which would suggest La Dolce Vita. I hope he can hold his liquor this time because this one's an after-dinner drink.
Trooper York would kick if he was hung with a new rope, why Pilgrim, I remember when all I had to drink from was a muddy hoofprint and I was happy to have it...
ReplyDeleteBut what's wrong with grappa?
But what's wrong with grappa?
ReplyDeleteI left Italy in 1979 with three spirit souvenirs: a large bottle of Barbera piemontese made by the family I had stayed with that summer; a bottle of Asti Spumante, given to me to give to my mother; and a bottle of local grappa, which I had first tasted that summer. Of the three, only the grappa made it made it back to America--the other two were sad (and funny) casualties of my train ride from Torino to Paris.
This bar's too fancy for me.
ReplyDeleteSpeaking of gin, is there a big difference in martini recipes, or are they pretty much the same?
When the moon meets your eye, like a big pizza pie, that's Amaro...
ReplyDeleteThis bar's too fancy for me.
ReplyDeleteSpeaking of gin, is there a big difference in martini recipes, or are they pretty much the same?
Our "house gin" is Gordon's, which is about as run-of-the-ginmill as at gets. We did a blind taste test several years ago and chose it against many others.
When it comes to gin, de gustibus non est disputandum. Your mileage may vary.
ReplyDeleteThx chick. Sometimes I have a yen for a martini, and I'm not a big gin drinker :)
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