RECIPE

Sherry Cocktail

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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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  • TOTAL TIME:
  • SERVINGS: Makes 1 drink

Ingredients

  • Ingredients
    1. Ice
    2. 1 ounce palo cortado or amontillado sherry
    3. 1 ounce brandy, preferably Spanish
    4. 1/2 ounce grenadine, preferably homemade
    5. 1/4 ounce fresh lemon juice
    6. 1/4 ounce Cherry Heering or other cherry liqueur
    7. 1 orange twist, flamed
    8. 1 brandied cherry

Directions

  1. 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.