The Mix and Match Manhattan
The Mix and Match Manhattan
2
5 minutes
Twenty or thirty years ago the Manhattan was fit only for jazz players sitting imperiously at some 24-hour paper-placemat diner on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. Sticky-sweet, with cheap vermouth, cloying bourbon, a dash of bitters, and a glop of nuclear-red maraschino cherry glowing at the bottom. All that has changed. The Manhattan is back! In a mix-and-match form, so you can choose your own happy hour adventure.
Ingredients
- 4 ounces rye whiskey
- 2 ounces sweet red vermouth
- 4 dashes toasted pecan bitters
- 4 dashes cardamom bitters
- 2 brandied cherries, for garnish
- A pinch of Pinot Noir Fleur de Sel (optional)
Directions
Pour everything but the cherry over ice in a chilled mixing glass.
Stir for 15 seconds, then strain into chilled coupe glasses. Garnish with the cherries.
Optional: Rim your coupe glass with a little Pinot Noir Fleur de Sel.