HOW TO DRINK A MANHATTAN RECIPES

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.

Provided by Robert Simonson

Number Of Ingredients 4

• Ingredients

Nutrition Facts : @context http//schema.org, Calories 85, UnsaturatedFatContent 0 grams, CarbohydrateContent 0 grams, ProteinContent 0 grams, SodiumContent 1 milligram, SugarContent 0 grams

Jeffrey Morgenthaler, the bar manager of Pépé Le Moko and Clyde Common in Portland, Ore., enjoyed amaretto sours as a young man. As a bartender, he embarked on a project to make a better version of this often-mocked drink, which was typically composed of just amaretto and sour mix. He boosted the alcoholic strength by mixing in nearly a full ounce of overproof bourbon, replaced the sour mix with real lemon juice and added an egg white — a common ingredient in many sour recipes from the past. Given all the alterations, he might have given the cocktail a new name, but decided against that. “There wouldn’t have been any point,” he said. “There’s a big difference between if I took this drink and made it good, and if I invented a new drink with amaretto. The latter wouldn’t have the same gravitas.”

Provided by Robert Simonson

Yield 1 drink

Number Of Ingredients 7

• Ingredients

Nutrition Facts : @context http//schema.org, Calories 215, UnsaturatedFatContent 0 grams, CarbohydrateContent 21 grams, FatContent 0 grams, FiberContent 0 grams, ProteinContent 2 grams, SaturatedFatContent 0 grams, SodiumContent 31 milligrams, SugarContent 19 grams