Name: Quintessential Royal
Prep time: 4 min
Total time: 4 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 50 ml Americano rosso/rosa; 25 ml Whisk(e)y - Scotch whisky (blended); 10 ml Cynar or other carciofo amaro; 2 Chocolate bitters

Serve in an

Old-fashioned glass

Photographed in an

UB Koto Old Fashioned 30cl

Garnish:

Cacao powdered rim

How to make:

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

1 2/3 fl oz	Savoia Americano Rosso
5/6 fl oz	Blended Scotch whisky
1/3 fl oz	Cynar or other carciofo amaro
2 drop	Bob's Chocolate bitters
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Review:

The cacao powder rim echoes the subtle chocolate flavours in this tasty bittersweet aperitivo.

History:

Adapted from a recipe created in 2021 by Andrea Kollcaku at Annabell's in Mayfair, London, England.

Nutrition:

One serving of Quintessential Royal contains 176 calories.

Alcohol content:

1.3 standard drinks
20.89% alc./vol. (41.78° proof)
17.8 grams of pure alcohol

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