Carmen Miranda

Carmen Miranda

  • Strong
  • Somewhat sour
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Ingredients

  • 1 oz WhistlePig 10yo Straight Rye Whisky
  • 1 oz Lucano amaro
  • 1⁄3 oz Giffard Banane du Brésil liqueur
  • 1⁄6 oz Yellow Chartreuse
  • 2 dash Jerry Thomas bitters
  • 3 drop Saline solution (20g sea salt to 80g water) or merest pinch of s

Method

Glass:

Photographed in an UB Koto Old Fashioned 30cl

Prepare:

  1. Select and pre-chill an OLD-FASHIONED GLASS.
  2. Prepare garnish of dried banana chip.

Method:

  1. STIR all ingredients with ice.
  2. STRAIN into ice-filled glass (preferably over a large cube or chunk of block ice).

Garnish:

  1. Garnish with dried banana chip.

Nutrition:

One serving of Carmen Miranda contains 194 calories

History:

Adapted from a recipe (originally served straight-up) created in 2016 at the since-shuttered Park Restaurant and Bar in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Review:

Bittersweet and rye whiskey-forward with herbal complexity and subtle overripe banana fruit.