Sherry Cocktail

SERVINGS: Makes 1 drink

Rayuela • Manhattan

Mexican-born mixologist Junior Merino balances flavors like a chef, creating classically inspired, invariably pretty drinks, such as this sherry-spiked riff on a brandy sour.

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Ice
1/2 ounce grenadine, preferably homemade
1 orange twist, flamed
1/4 ounce fresh lemon juice
1 ounce brandy, preferably Spanish
1 ounce palo cortado or amontillado sherry
1 brandied cherry
1/4 ounce Cherry Heering or other cherry liqueur

Fill a cocktail shaker with ice. Add the sherry, brandy, grenadine, lemon juice and Cherry Heering and shake well. Strain into an ice-filled rocks glass. Garnish the drink with the flamed twist and the cherry.

Sherry Cocktail

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