Name: Pastoral Wander
Yield: Makes 1 cocktail
Cuisine: Drinks
Ingredients: 1 1/2 ounces Manzanilla sherry (recommended sherry is La Guita); 3/4 ounce Ramazzotti Amaro; 3/4 ounce orange liqueur; absinthe, to rinse the glass; sage sprig for garnish (I didn\'t have one, and I used an orange twist, which was good, but I\'m sure sage would be better!)

Photo by fiveandspice

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Author Notes

This is a sherry cocktail recipe suggested to me by the fantastic bartender Dan Oskey. It tastes pretty rich, nutty, and slightly bitter and herbal from the amaro and absinthe rinse. —fiveandspice

Makes 1 cocktail

Ingredients

1 ¹/₂ ounces Manzanilla sherry (recommended sherry is La Guita)
³/₄ ounce Ramazzotti Amaro
³/₄ ounce orange liqueur
absinthe, to rinse the glass
sage sprig for garnish (I didn't have one, and I used an orange twist, which was good, but I'm sure sage would be better!)

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Directions

Stir all ingredients except the absinthe and sage with ice until well chilled. Rinse a lowball glass with the absinthe (swirl the absinthe in the glass to coat the sides, then dump or drink any that's left), then strain in the stirred mixture. Garnish with a sprig of sage.

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I like to say I'm a lazy iron chef (I just cook with what I have around), renegade nutritionist, food policy wonk, and inveterate butter and cream enthusiast! My husband and I own a craft distillery in Northern Minnesota called Vikre Distillery (www.vikredistillery.com), where I claimed the title, "arbiter of taste." I also have a doctorate in food policy, for which I studied the changes in diet and health of new immigrants after they come to the United States. I myself am a Norwegian-American dual citizen. So I have a lot of Scandinavian pride, which especially shines through in my cooking on special holidays. Beyond loving all facets of food, I'm a Renaissance woman (translation: bad at focusing), dabbling in a variety of artistic and scientific endeavors.

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Alison December 28, 2017

Delicious! we tried this at Christmas for a different, slightly less hi-test cocktail, and are hooked. we left the special cocktail glasses out so we can do it again, for our friends. I wasn't sure about the absinthe, but the "wash" does have a subtle effect you should try, if you have the raw materials. I also used the orange twist, since I didn't have fresh sage on hand. But I do grow it in the garden, and it lives on for a while into the fall/winter season, so perhaps I will try that at some point.