Recipes Cocktails The Manhattan Exposition Be the first to rate & review! Jennifer Salucci, bartender at Deep Ellum inBoston, uses 19th-century components like sloe gin and Boker's bitters (flavored with cardamom and bitter orange peel): "I wanted to make a Manhattan using only ingredients that were around in the late 1800s, just as Manhattans were getting rolling." Classic Cocktail Recipes By Jennifer Salucci Updated on March 29, 2015 Print Rate It Share Share Tweet Pin Email Yield: 1 drink Ingredients Ice 2 ounces Cognac 1/2 ounce Sloe gin 1/2 ounce dry vermouth, preferably Dolin Dash of Boker's bitters 1 orange twist, for garnish Directions Fill a pint glass with ice. Add the Cognac, sloe gin, vermouth and bitters and stir well. Strain into a chilled coupe and garnish with the orange twist. Rate it Print