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Appletta

Name: Appletta
Ingredients: Ice; 1 1/2 ounces cachaça; 1/4 ounce Averna amaro (bittersweet Italian liqueur); 2 ounces apple cider or unfiltered apple juice; 1/2 ounce orgeat (almond-flavored syrup); 1/2 ounce lemon juice, preferably Meyer lemon juice; 5 sage leaves

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BarMagic * Las VegasTobin Ellis designed this sage-and-lemon-spiked take on an apple martini for Scott Conant's excellent Italian restaurant Scarpetta, in New York City. Instead of vodka, Ellis uses cachaça, a Brazilian sugar cane–based spirit with a complex, herbal flavor. More Martini Recipes

By Tobin Ellis

Updated on March 28, 2015

Yield:

1 drink

Ingredients

Ice
1 1/2 ounces cachaça
1/4 ounce Averna amaro (bittersweet Italian liqueur)
2 ounces apple cider or unfiltered apple juice
1/2 ounce orgeat (almond-flavored syrup)
1/2 ounce lemon juice, preferably Meyer lemon juice
5 sage leaves

Directions

Fill a cocktail shaker with ice. Add the cachaça, Averna, apple cider, orgeat, lemon juice and 4 of the sage leaves and shake well. Strain the cocktail into a chilled martini glass and garnish with the remaining sage leaf.