This smoky cherry cocktail from Meaghan Dorman of Raines Law Room is punched up with dark rum and softened with a long pour of Champagne.
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This smoky-sweet cherry cocktail from Meaghan Dorman of Raines Law Room is punched up with dark rum and softened with a long pour of Champagne.
Yield: makes one cocktail
Ingredients
- 3 cherries
- 1 oz. rum, preferably Flor de Cana 7 year
- 1⁄2 oz. fresh lemon juice
- 1⁄2 oz. orgeat
- 1 dash Bitterman’s mole bitters
- Champagne, to top
Instructions
- Muddle 2 cherries in a cocktail shaker; add rum, lemon juice, orgeat, bitters, and ice. Shake vigorously, then strain into a coupe. Top with champagne and garnish with remaining cherry.